Paul Smith and Gloria Smith v. L. Patrick Power

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 2003-10-06

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ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge. Paul and Gloria Smith sued L. Patrick Power, an assistant city attorney in Kan-kakee, Illinois, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for initiating proceedings to demolish a house on their property, allegedly in retaliation for Paul Smith’s public criticism of Power when Smith was a Kankakee alderman. The district cour…

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