Legal Opinion
ADT Security Services, Inc. v. Lisle-Woodridge Fire Protection District
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 31, 2013No. 12-2925, 12-2981PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
In this case we revisit factual and legal issues concerning the Illinois law establishing fire protection districts and one district’s effort to shut down the private market in fire alarm monitoring services by substituting for it a less safe and less reliable system operated by just one chosen vendor.
In 2009 the Lisle-Woodridge Fire Protection District passed an ordinance under which it took over fire alarm monitoring for all commercial properties in the District. The private alarm companies that had previously provided those services in the District sued, alleging…
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