Seventh Circuit: Thomas Wilson v. Warren County, Illinois

FHA, S1983, Discrimination



Deliberate photographing of property, conduct that triggered psychological hospitalization, would have been done regardless of the plaintiff's condition, and therefore cannot be the basis for a claim of discrimination under the FHA.

Personal and and municipal S1983 claims barred, as officials were unaware that the repossession was unlawful.

Substantive due process not implicated, as a verbal statement of the law was insufficient to create a state-sponsored danger of inaction during the subsequent repossession.


Thomas Wilson v.   Warren County, Illinois