KELLEY v. CHICAGO PARK DIST.

Nos. 08-3701, 08-3712.

635 F.3d 290 (2011)

Chapman KELLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 15, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander L. Karan , Micah E. Marcus (argued), Attorneys, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Annette M. McGarry (argued), Attorney, McGarry & McGarry, Jeanne G. Toft , Attorney, Chicago Park District Law Department, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before MANION, SYKES, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Chapman Kelley is a nationally recognized artist known for his representational paintings of landscapes and flowers—in particular, romantic floral and woodland interpretations set within ellipses. In 1984 he received permission from the Chicago Park District to install an ambitious wildflower display at the north end of Grant Park, a prominent public space in the heart of downtown Chicago. "Wildflower Works" was thereafter planted: two...

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