Rothner v. City of Chicago

Plaintiffs, officers and directors of 10 nursing homes located in the City of Chicago, filed a complaint on February 28,1977, for declaratory and injunctive relief against the City of Chicago, the Commissioner of the City’s Department of Buildings, and the City’s Corporation Counsel. They sought a declaration that an April 7, 1976, amendment to the Municipal Code, which amendment required all nursing homes in the city to provide automatic sprinkler systems, was unconstitutional; and temporary and permanent injunctions enjoining defendants from enforcing the ordinance as amended.

On April…