United States Seventh Circuit
City of Joliet v. New West, L.P., 08-3032
In an action involving eminent domain proceedings, district court judgment is affirmed where neither the National Housing Act nor the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act preempts state and local condemnation laws.
Appellate Information
- Argued 01/12/2009
- Decided 04/09/2009
- Published 04/09/2009
Judges
- EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and WILLIAMS and SYKES, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Carl Gigante, Attorney, Peter A. Silverman, Attorney, Figliulo & Silverman, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Katherine E. Walz, Attorney, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Chicago, IL, Christine N. Kohl, Attorney, Department of Justice Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellants.