KATHREIN v. CITY OF EVANSTON

No. 09-3673.

636 F.3d 906 (2011)

Michael L. KATHREIN and Victoria Kathrein, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 11, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Kathrein , Chicago, IL, pro se.

Victoria Kathrein , Chicago, IL, pro se.

Iain D. Johnston (argued), Johnston Greene LLC, Jack M. Siegel , Holland & Knight, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Irina Dmitrieva (argued), Barry Levenstam , Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Before RIPPLE, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Michael and Victoria Kathrein sued the City of Evanston, Illinois, and various officials ("Evanston"), pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming Evanston's Affordable Housing Demolition Tax ("Demolition Tax") violates the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution, the Illinois Constitution, and other Illinois law (Counts II-VII). They also claimed that the Tax Injunction Act...

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