PROTECT OUR PARKS, INC., and Maria Valencia, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT and City of Chicago, Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 21, 2020.
Decided August 21, 2020.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Richard Epstein , Attorney, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL, Michael Rachlis , Attorney, Rachlis, Duff, Adler & Peel LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs Appellants.
Myriam Z. Kasper , Attorney, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, Benna Ruth Solomon , Attorney, Elizabeth Tisher , Attorney, City of Chicago Law Department, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee City of Chicago.
Linda T. Coberly , Attorney, Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL, for Amici Curiae George W. Bush Foundation, Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, George and Barbara Bush Foundation, Ronald Reagan Presidental Foundation, Carter Center.
Craig C. Martin , Attorney, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Chicago, IL, for Adler Planetarium, Field Museum of Natural History, Shedd Aquarium Society, Art Institute of Chicago, National Museum of Mexican Art.
Sarah Losh Bakker , Attorney, Salvatore Prescott & Porter PLLC, Evanston, IL, for Amici Curiae Gregory Alexander, David Dana, Lee Anne Fennell, Nicole S. Garnett, James E. Krier.
Before Manion, Barrett, and Brennan, Circuit Judges.
Barrett, Circuit Judge.
This case is about the plaintiffs' quest to halt construction of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago's Jackson Park. First developed as the site for the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, Jackson Park has a storied place in Chicago history, and as public land, it must remain dedicated to a public purpose. The City made the...
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