United States Seventh Circuit

A complaint arising from a city's alleged seizure and demolition of private property, including claims that a private citizen conspired with state actors, set forth adequate allegations under FRCP 8 and should not have been dismissed on the district judge's own discretion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/28/2003
• Published 02/28/2003

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Hoskins (submitted), Milwaukee, WI, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert J. Lerner (submitted), Perry, Shapiro, Quindel, Saks, Charlton & Lerner, Grant F. Langley, Milwaukee's City Attorney's Office, Milwaukee, WI, for defendants-appellees.