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· 4/20/2000

Eyrle S. Hilton, IV v. City of Wheeling

Citations

  • 209 F.3d 1005
  • 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 7059
  • 2000 WL 424254

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that the right to due process “has never been understood to be a right to police assistance . . . “
  • involving class-of-one claim premised on failure to provide plaintiff with the same police protection afforded to others similarly situated
  • pointing out that where all parties to the case were white, there was no suggestion that the plaintiff was being discriminated against because of his race
  • stating that police have broad discretion in routine law enforcement matters.
  • requiring class of one plaintiff to demonstrate that defendant acted out of “illegitimate animus”
  • requiring class of one plaintiff to demonstrate that defendant acted out of \illegitimate animus\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Posner, Flaum, Williams

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