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VALENCIA v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS

No. 17-2773.

883 F.3d 959 (2018)

Mary B. VALENCIA, et al. Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 1, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Kennedy, III , Attorney, LAW OFFICE OF THOMAS E. KENNEDY III LC, St. Louis, MO, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Steven C. Rahn , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL, Springfield, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Teresa Kwong , Tovah R. Calderon , Attorneys, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Barry Charlton Taylor , Attorney, EQUIP FOR EQUALITY, INCORPORATED, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae EQUIP FOR EQUALITY, INCORPORATED, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ILLINOIS, ACCESS LIVING.

Before Flaum, Easterbrook, and Manion, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiffs allege the City of Springfield ("Springfield" or "the City") unlawfully discriminated against three disabled individuals when it ruled they could no longer occupy a single-family residence located within 600 feet of an existing disabled group home. Finding that plaintiffs possessed a reasonable likelihood of success...

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