Fraternite Notre Dame, Inc. v. County Of McHenry

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION FRATERNITÉ NOTRE DAME, INC., ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 15 CV 50312 v. ) Judge Iain D. Johnston ) COUNTY OF McHENRY, ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER The Fraternité is a religious order that operates a mission. It sued defendant County of McHenry after the County denied various Fraternité’s conditional uses and variances needed to expand its mission work. After years of effort and multiple settlement conferences with the Court, the parties reported they had reached an agreement to settle this dispute. However,…