BECOVIC v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 1-97-1151.

694 N.E.2d 1044 (1998)

296 Ill. App.3d 236

230 Ill.Dec. 766

Husein BECOVIC and Ese Becovic, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations, Clarence N. Wood, Robert Hall, and The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Clinic, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

May 6, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Feldman and David Feldman, Feldman and Halprin, Chicago, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

F. Willis Caruso, Chicago, Joseph R. Butler and Brenna Binns, 711 of The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Clinic, for Defendants-Appellees Robert Hall and The John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Clinic.


Presiding Justice LEAVITT delivered the opinion of the court:

Claimant Robert Hall, who is legally blind, filed a complaint with the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations (Commission) alleging respondents, Husein and Ese Becovic, discriminated against him on the basis of his disability by refusing to rent him an apartment, in violation of section 5-8-030 of the Chicago Fair Housing Ordinance (Ordinance) (Chicago Municipal Code § 5-8-030 (1994)). The Commission...

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