By: Derek Hawkins//November 14, 2016//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: Leora H. Bell v. City of Country Club Hills
Case No.: 16-1245; 16-1448
Officials: BAUER, KANNE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges
Focus: Property Right – Ordinance
Plaintiff-appellant, Leora H. Bell, filed suit against Defendant-appellee, City of Country Club Hills, claiming a deprivation of her constitutional rights in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Bell’s claims arise from the City’s decision to repeal an ordinance that provided a twenty-five percent tax rebate to qualifying homeowners. The district court granted the City’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), holding that the tax rebate did not confer a vested property right upon Bell. Bell appeals, arguing that she maintains a vested property right in the rebate program, and that the City unlawfully repealed the ordinance. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.
Affirmed