Immanuel Baptist Church v. City of Chicago

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 17C 00932 ) CITY OF CHICAGO. Judge John J. Tharp, Jr. ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER The Court’s prior opinion in this case addressed the question “when is a church like a library?” Now the Court must address a more narrow question: “When is this church like that library?” The answer might be: “when it comes to parking.” Immanuel Baptist Church’s original Complaint against the City of Chicago failed because it did not adequately allege…