LEWIS v. CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

No. 12-2845.

702 F.3d 958 (2012)

Arthur L. LEWIS, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, Defendant-Appellee. Appeal of: Terrence C. Butler, Eugene Paylor, Anthony Ross, and Gerard D. Minnifield.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 17, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Karsh (argued), Matthew J. Piers , Attorneys, Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd., Judson H. Miner , Attorney, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, Chicago, IL, Debo P. Adegbile , Ria A. Tabacco , Attorneys, NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, New York, NY, Joshua I. Civin , Attorney, NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Matthew T. Heffner (argued), Attorney, Susman, Heffner & Hurst, Chicago, IL, for Appellants.

Christopher S. Norborg , Benna Ruth Solomon (argued), Attorneys, City of Chicago Law Department, Allan T. Slagel , Attorney, Shefsky & Froelich, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and MANION, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

After this suit had been pending for 14 years — indeed, after final judgment had been entered — four persons sought to intervene in order to upset the judgment and improve their own fortunes at the expense of other members of the class. The district court deemed the proposed intervention untimely and denied the motion. Appellate review is deferential, see Sokaogon Chippewa Community v. Babbitt, 214 F.3d...

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