United States Seventh Circuit

Plaintiff's Equal Protection "class of one" claim was rejected, because he failed to show someone similarly situated who had been treated differently, where he alleged he was the focus of an arson investigation in effort by the fire department to conceal its own negligence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/25/2004
• Decided 06/17/2004
• Published 06/17/2004

Judges

• CUDAHY, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, ROVNER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Constantine L. Trela, Jr. (Argued), Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James A. Clark, Ronald S. Safer (Argued), Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, IL, Mary E. Welsh (Argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.