VALDEZ v. CITY OF OTTAWA

No. 81-621.

105 Ill. App.3d 972 (1982)

434 N.E.2d 1192

SHARON VALDEZ et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE CITY OF OTTAWA et al., Defendants-Appellees. — (GERRY KAMMERER et al., Defendants.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed April 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Hansel, Mike Braun, Kenneth A. Leshen, and Bernard A. Poskus, all of Prairie State Legal Services, Inc., of Ottawa, for appellants.

John A. Hayner, of Warren, Hayner & Baxter, P.C., of Ottawa, for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE ALLOY delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs filed suit against the defendants, alleging they denied the plaintiffs due process when they seized and destroyed the plaintiffs' automobile. The trial court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment and the plaintiffs appeal.

There is no serious dispute over the facts. Robert Valdez, a plaintiff and the owner of a 1966 Pontiac LeMans, left the automobile...

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