Legal Opinion
Pontarelli Limousine, Incorporated v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 10, 1991No. 90-1923PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Ten livery companies licensed by the City of Chicago sue the City in this case, claiming that it denied them equal protection of the laws by refusing to allow them to use dispatchers’ booths at O’Hare Airport, which is owned by the City. A jury awarded the plaintiffs more than $400,000 in damages, but the district judge then entered judgment for the City (the only remaining defendant) notwithstanding the verdict. 735 F.Supp. 782 (N.D.Ill.1990). The plaintiffs ask us to reinstate the verdict.
This litigation has its origin almost twenty years ago when the City, distressed…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Plyler v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- City of New Orleans v. DukesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Smith v. SevernCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Basim Esmail, Zabco Enterprises, Incorporated, and Nazco Enterprises, Incorporated v. Samuel T. MacRane Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Smith v. SevernCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund, Cross-Appellees v. Lady Baltimore Foods, Inc., Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Laura Saukstelis v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
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