United States Seventh Circuit

Conditioning a car's release upon payment of storage and towing fees does not amount to a "seizure" under the Fourth Amendment, but a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 plaintiff alleged a cognizable property interest sufficient to confer standing to challenge a city's practice of spray painting inventory numbers on impounded vehicles.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/28/2002
• Decided 05/22/2003
• Published 05/22/2003

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before KANNE, DIANE P. WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Cathleen M. Combs (argued), Danita V. Ivory, Edelman, Combs & Latturner, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jane E. Notz (argued), Office of Corp. Counsel, Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.