McKENZIE v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 97 C 284.

973 F.Supp. 815 (1997)

Keith MCKENZIE, Rev. Daniel Vinson, John and Beverly DeMarco, as beneficiaries of Marguette National Bank a/t/u/t 3422, Honeywood Development Corp., Robert Lewis, and Wilburn Richards, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO, a municipal corporation, Richard M. Daley, individually and as Mayor of the City of Chicago, Cherryl Thomas, individually and as Building Commissioner of the City of Chicago, Ron McDermott, individually and head of the Fast Track Demolition Program of the City of Chicago, and John Does 1-20, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

July 31, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cathleen M. Combs, Daniel A. Edelman, Michelle Ann Weinberg, Edelman & Combs, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Patrick Walter Johnson, City of Chicago, Law Dept., Corp. Counsel, Chicago, IL, Michael A. Forti, City of Chicago, Law Dept., Chicago, IL, Kenneth L. Schmetterer, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Litigation Div., Chicago, IL, Peter J. Donoghue, City of Chicago Dept. of Law, Chicago, IL, for City of Chicago, Richard M. Daley, Cherryl Thomas, Ron McDermott.

Patrick Walter Johnson, City of Chicago, Law Dept., Corp. Counsel, Chicago, IL, Michael A. Forti, City of Chicago Law Dept., Chicago, IL, Peter J. Donoghue, City of Chicago Dept. of Law, Chicago, IL, for John Does, 1-20.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CASTILLO, District Judge.

In this case, the plaintiffs attack Illinois statute 65 ILCS 5/11-31-1(e) and a Chicago city ordinance enacting that statutory provision, § 13-9-010 (collectively, "the Ordinance"), which permit the demolition of certain residential buildings using summary procedures. Their complaint claims that the Ordinance, both as written and as applied, violates the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth...

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