Robledo v. City of Chicago

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ELAINE E. BUCKLO, District Judge.

This case has proceeded down a long and sinuous trajectory since its inception more than six years ago, when plaintiffs sued the City on behalf of a class, alleging constitutional and state law violations arising out of the disposition of their vehicles pursuant to the City’s policy of progressive penalties for parking infractions. Plaintiffs contend that the final step in the City’s “boot-tow-disposition” policy (the “Policy”), in which vehicles whose owners have not paid outstanding fines, fees, and costs associated with parking…