United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for the defendants in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 suit relating to the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments is affirmed where the plaintiffs failed to present genuine issues of material fact concerning: 1) consent to inspection of property; 2) claims of "illegitimate animus" towards their business; and 3) claims of different treatment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/20/2006
• Decided 03/03/2006
• Published 03/03/2006

Judges

• FLAUM, Chief Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and BAUER and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Maurice J. Salem (argued), Salem Law Office, Palos Heights, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher M. Grunewald (argued), Office of the Corporation Counsel Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.