U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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Lawsuit: Chicago vax passport mandate violated constitutional rights, illegally interferes with contracts
A federal judge has refused to grant an emergency order sought to block Chicago from enforcing its vaccine passport mandates, which require all people over the age of 5 to prove they've been vaccinated against COVID before being allowed into restaurants, theaters, sports arenas and an array of other indoor facilities. -
City can't end federal lawsuit from man who claims mistaken ID led cops to stop him 60 times since 2006
Chicago man says continuous police questioning and detention because he had the same name as a different wanted man violated his Fourth Amendment rights -
American Airlines workers lawsuit says vax mandate without testing doesn't stop COVID spread
A group of American Airlines workers say the company broke its CBA by requiring workers to get vaccinated, without also requiring regular COVID testing. -
Judges say Dems' partisan power grab in drawing new maps didn't also violate Voting Rights Act
Democrat mapmakers were "motivated by partisan political considerations," a panel of federal judges said, so it doesn't matter that they divided Latino and Black populations up among various districts, rather than maximizing majority minority districts -
Judge again says city workers can't get an order to block city of Chicago, Illinois state vax employment mandates
A federal judge said the scientific evidence presented by the plaintiffs in support of natural immunity from COVID only demonstrates there is a scientific debate over vaccines and immunity, not that the government policies are irrational infringements on workers' rights -
Crain's Chicago Business names Judge Ann Claire Williams (Ret.) to its 2021 list of "Notable Black Leaders and Executives"
Crain's Chicago Business names Judge Ann Claire Williams (Ret.) to its 2021 list of "Notable Black Leaders and Executives". -
Federal judge tosses suit from Oak Lawn school board member, congressional candidate vs Pritzker school mask mandate
Judge says the mask mandate doesn't offend constitutional rights of children or parents -
Class action: Woodman's accused of shaving time off workers' paychecks
A new federal lawsuit has accused supermarket chain Woodman's of improperly rounding workers' hours, rather than paying them based on punchclock records. -
Federal judge: GOP judge candidate can't sue IL Elections Board over alleged stolen 2020 judicial election
Request for dismissal from Yarbrough, Judge Fallon stayed until state lawsuit is resolved -
Federal appeals court agrees: No insurance coverage for income lost by many businesses shut down by Pritzker COVID orders
Cincinnati Insurance argued the COVID virus didn't physically alter the covered buildings, so there should be no coverage, even though the businesses were forced by Gov. JB Pritzker to reduce operations amid the onset of the pandemic -
Ex-State Police Merit Board CFO used sex assault claims, ties to Pritzker to try to thwart review of alleged fake OT records: Court filing
A judge could soon decide whether the former head of the Illinois State Police Merit Board should be allowed to press his claims that one of his former employees had falsely accused him of sexual assault, and exploited her ties to Gov. JB Pritzker, to get him removed -
IL Dems, challengers spar in court over whose map would result in more Latino, Black lawmakers elected
Republicans and Latino and Black advocates told a panel of federal judges that Illinois Democrats drew a new state legislative district map solely to protect Democratic incumbents and boost their party power, stepping on Black and Latino voting rights in the process. -
Chicago city workers denied restraining order against City Hall over COVID vax mandate
Judge says the city claims it is still processing more than 6,000 religious exemption applications from city workers seeking to be excluded from the mandate, which requires them to get a COVID jab, or potentially get fired. -
Judge OKs $56M fees for lawyers that led big chicken price-fixing lawsuit vs Tyson, Pilgrim's Pride, other producers
More than 20 law firms logged 100,000 hours since 2016 to reach $170M in settlements, so they are entitled to roughly one-third of the total fund after expenses, a Chicago federal judge said -
Judge denies injunction request from NorthShore workers seeking religious exemption from COVID vax mandate
Availability of damages if litigation is successful means no need to preserve status quo during proceedings -
Dems: Legislative maps drawn using politics, not race, so no need to alter maps just to boost Black, Latino districts
Illinois' top Democratic lawmakers asked a panel of federal judges to ignore 'remedial maps' filed by Latino and Black advocacy organizations, with Republican lawmakers, even though the challengers' maps appear to significantly boost the number of majority-minority legislative districts. -
Judge says Chicago city workers have no constitutional right to spurn vaccinations
A federal judge has explained he recently refused to block the governor and Chicago mayor from forcing COVID-19 vaccinations upon city workers, saying the workers' evidence against the value of vaccines was "slim" and the city's evidence in favor was "substantial." -
Law firms entitled to $930K for making sure Cook Clerk Yarbrough's office complies with federal hiring oversight
Judge rules Chicago law firms instrumental in appointment of compliance administrator, and the fees are needed to sanction Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough for fighting against the effort to tighten scrutiny on her past and current government hiring practices. -
Unions sue Amtrak over COVID vax mandate; Rail workers continue vax court fight vs UP, Norfolk Southern
The unions representing Amtrak workers have sued the national passenger rail carrier, asserting, as they have in similar actions vs freight carriers Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, that the rail companies don't have the power under federal law to simply force union workers to get vaccinated or face termination -
Judge allows class action to crawl ahead, accusing maker of Nuk pacifiers of false advertising
Plaintiffs leading the class action say Nuk products aren't 'orthodontic,' as label indicates