ALARM DETECTION SYSTEMS v. VILLAGE OF SCHAUMBURG

No. 18-3316.

930 F.3d 812 (2019)

ALARM DETECTION SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED, an Illinois corporation, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VILLAGE OF SCHAUMBURG, a municipal corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 15, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melanie J. Chico , Attorney, Jonathan S. Feld, Attorney, DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC, Chicago, IL, Bruce L. Goldsmith , Attorney, DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC, Lisle, IL, Jill M. Wheaton , Attorney, DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC, Ann Arbor, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellant ALARM DETECTION SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED, an Illinois Corporation.

Bruce L. Goldsmith , Attorney, DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC, Lisle, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants D.M.C. SECURITY SERVICES, INCORPORATED, an Illinois Corporation, ILLINOIS ALARM SERVICES, INCORPORATED, an Illinois Corporation, SMG SECURITY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED, an Illinois Corporation, NITECH FIRE & SECURITY INDUSTRIES, INC., an Illinois Corporation.

Stephen H, DiNolfo , Attorney, OTTOSEN BRITZ KELLY COOPER GILBERT & DINOLFO, LTD., Naperville, IL, Jason A. Guisinger , Attorney, Howard Charles Jablecki , Attorney, KLEIN, THORPE & JENKINS, LTD, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee VILLAGE OF SCHAUMBURG, a municipal corporation.

Stephen H. DiNolfo , Attorney, OTTOSEN BRITZ KELLY COOPER GILBERT & DINOLFO, LTD., Naperville, IL, Brittany Hartwig , Attorney, JAMES J. ROCHE & ASSOCIATES, Chicago, IL, Robert L. Hickok , Attorney, A. Christopher Young , Attorney, Erica H. Dressler , Attorney, PEPPER HAMILTON LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant-Appellee TYCO INTEGRATED SECURITY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Michael D. Bersani , Attorney, HERVAS, CONDON & BERSANI, Itasca, IL, Stephen H. DiNolfo , Attorney, OTTOSEN BRITZ KELLY COOPER GILBERT & DINOLFO, LTD., Naperville, IL, Charles E. Hervas , Attorney, HERVAS, CONDON & BERSANI, Itasca, IL, for Defendant-Appellee NORTHWEST CENTRAL DISPATCH SYSTEM, an intergovernmental cooperation association.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Scudder and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.


This appeal is one of two we decide today regarding the market for commercial fire-alarm services in Chicago's suburbs. The current case takes us to the Village of Schaumburg.

In 2016, Schaumburg passed an ordinance that requires commercial buildings to send fire-alarm signals directly to the local 911 dispatch center...

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