Legal Opinion
Laramore v. Illinois Sports Facilities Authority
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 8, 1989No. 89 C 1067PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ROVNER, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This lawsuit is brought by residents of areas adjoining the site which was selected for a new stadium for the Chicago White Sox baseball team. Plaintiffs allege that the site was selected, and that their neighborhood is accordingly being destroyed, for racially discriminatory reasons. Pending is defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint. For the reasons described below, defendants’ motion is granted in part and denied in part.
II. FACTS
For the purposes of this motion, the Court accepts as true the allegations of plaintiffs’…
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