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Portis v. City of Chicago

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided September 26, 2007No. 02 C 3139PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GETTLEMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Ronald Portis, Madric Lance and Emmett Lynch have brought a second amended class action complaint against defendant City of Chicago 1 alleging that the City has a practice of unconstitutionally delaying release of persons arrested for non-jailable ordinance violations that are punishable by fine only. The court has certified a class defined as:

All persons who, from May 1, 2000, through September 3, 2004, were arrested on ordinance violations which carry no jail time in the City of Chicago and who were detained for more than two…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. County of Riverside v. McLaughlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Hinman v. M and M Rental Center, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2009
  2. Competitive Edge, Inc. v. Staples, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2010
  3. Illinois Dunesland Preservation Society v. Illinois Department of Natural ResourcesDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2008
  4. Novak v. Monarch Recovery ManagementDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2016
  5. Portis v. City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2008

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