COMMONWEALTH PLAZA CONDOMINIUM v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 11-3776.

693 F.3d 743 (2012)

COMMONWEALTH PLAZA CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellee, and Saint Joseph Hospital, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation, Intervening Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 30, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reuben L. Hedlund (argued), Attorney, McGuirewoods LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jennifer Erickson Baak (argued), Attorney, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Appeals Division, Benjamin B. Folsom , William J. McKenna, Jr. , Attorneys, Foley & Lardner, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, ROVNER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Commonwealth Plaza Condominium Association, Suhail al Chalabi, Virginia M. Harding, and Darren Moss sued the City of Chicago in federal court alleging that an opinion of the Illinois Appellate Court interpreting the Home Rule Provision of the Illinois Constitution in a zoning dispute deprived them of constitutional due process. The district court dismissed the claim as barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, under which federal...

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