Legal Opinion
International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150, AFL-CIO v. Village of Orland Park
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided May 4, 2001No. 00 C 5993PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
CASTILLO, District Judge.
It would be easy to minimize the significance of this case by disclosing that a central part of this dispute involves an inflatable rat figure. Yet, this case involves important principles of labor picketing which are protected by the First Amendment right to free speech and assembly. Plaintiff, International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150, AFL-CIO (“Local 150”) filed this lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for alleged violations of its constitutional rights under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and its…
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