United States Seventh Circuit

In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against two county election officials for spoiling plaintiffs' ballots in a general election over questions surrounding their residence, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where plaintiffs did not produce evidence of willful conduct by defendants to impair plaintiffs' votes.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/08/2008
• Decided 10/08/2008
• Published 10/08/2008

Judges

• WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge., Before KANNE, WILLIAMS, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edward W. Hearn (argued), Johnson & Bell, Highland, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Elizabeth A. Knight, Jeanne M. Anderson (argued), Knight, Hoppe, Kurnik & Knight, Des Plaines, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.