Roti v. Washington

Both the plaintiffs and the defendants in this case have sought the aid of the courts in order to resolve several legal issues that arose during the course of the legislative process. This lawsuit requires the court to address the legal issues stemming from a dispute that arose in the Chicago city council between the plaintiffs, 29 aldermen, and the defendants, 21 aldermen and Harold Washington, the mayor of Chicago. We stress at the onset that this court’s function is not to question the wisdom of any legislation or to examine the distribution of power in the city council. Those are…