Process Color Plate Co. v. Chicago Urban Transportation District

Petitioner, Keck, Mahin & Cate, a law firm, appeals from a trial court order denying the enforcement of petitioner’s attorney’s lien served upon the Chicago Urban Transportation District, a municipal corporation. On appeal petitioner raises the following issues: (1) whether the district interfered with contracts between petitioner and its clients; (2) whether the district’s act of settling directly with petitioner’s clients rendered the district liable for petitioner’s attorney fees; and (3) whether petitioner’s attorney’s lien is enforceable against the assets of a municipal corporation.

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