“ Petitioner, Mayor of the City of Aurora, brought this suit in the District Court against the City and certain of its officials for damages for deprivation of rights secured to him by the Constitution. He alleges unlawful action by the city and by individuals who are or who purport to be its officials (see 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983) and a conspiracy (see 42 U.S.C. § 1985, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1985) . The District Court granted the motions to dismiss, 174 F.Supp. 794, and the Court of Appeals affirmed, 275 F.2d 377, both decisions being prior to our opinion in Monroe v. ”

“ Pape, supra, that a municipality was not a 'person' within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983. Insofar as any right claimed stems from petitioner's status as major under Illinois law it is precluded from assertion here by Snowden v. ”