HABITAT CO. v. McCLURE

Nos. 1-96-4145, 1-97-0295 and 1-97-1972.

703 N.E.2d 578 (1998)

301 Ill. App.3d 425

234 Ill.Dec. 717

The HABITAT COMPANY, Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant/Appellee, v. Michael McCLURE, Defendant and Counter-Plaintiff/Appellant (Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, Inc., Respondent-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

November 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Knight, Rebecca, Law Student, and Margaret Simpson, Law Student, Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, Inc., Chicago, for appellant Michael McClure in Nos. 1-96-4145 and 1-97-0295.

John A. Knight, Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, Inc., Chicago, for appellant Michael McClure in No. 1-97-1972.

Robert E. Lehrer and Diane L. Redleaf, Lehrer & Redleaf, Chicago, for respondent-appellant Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, Inc. in No. 1-97-1972.

Richard W. Christoff, of counsel, Sanford Kahn, Ltd., Chicago, for The Habitat Company.

Sharon K. Legenza, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc., and Zeva Schub, Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing, Inc., with Thomas K. Cauley and Erin E. Kelly, Sidley & Austin, of counsel, Chicago, for amici curiae.


Justice ZWICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, The Habitat Company, filed this action against defendant, Michael McClure, for possession of McClure's apartment following expiration of his lease. McClure filed counterclaims against Habitat under the Illinois Human Rights Act (775 ILCS 5/1-101 et seq. (1993)) (IHRA) and the federal Fair Housing Amendments Act (42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq. (1988)) (FHAA) for Habitat's alleged discrimination...

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