Rodriguez v. Henderson

Plaintiffs appeal from dismissal of their amended complaint, which alleged the invalidity of a city rezoning ordinance. Grounds for dismissal were that at least some plaintiffs lacked standing and that some or all had failed to state a claim. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

In their amended complaint, plaintiffs alleged that the City of Chicago acted unlawfully when, by ordinance, it rezoned a parcel of Chicago property (the former Ludwig Drum Company factory buildings, on 2.42 acres at Willow Street and Damen Avenue) from an Ml-2 restricted manufacturing district to a Cl-2…