PROTECT OUR PARKS, INC. v. BUTTIGIEG

No. 21-2449.

10 F.4th 758 (2021)

PROTECT OUR PARKS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Pete BUTTIGIEG, Secretary of Transportation, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

August 19, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Epstein , Attorney, Norwalk, CT, Michael Rachlis , Attorney, RACHLIS, DUFF, ADLER & PEEL LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Allen M. Brabender , Attorney, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees PETE BUTTIGIEG, STEPHANIE POLLACK, ARLENE KOCHER, MATT FULLER, DEB HAALAND, SHAWN BENGE, and CHRISTINE WORMUTH.

Jeffrey N. Candrian , Attorney, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellee PAUL B. CULLBERSON.

Myriam Z. Kasper , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL, Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, Elizabeth Tisher , Attorney, CITY OF CHICAGO LAW DEPARTMENT, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee CITY OF CHICAGO.

Joseph P. Roddy , Attorney, BURKE, WARREN, MACKAY & SERRITELLA, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT.

David H. Hoffman , Tacy Fletcher Flint , Rachel Hampton , Attorneys, SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP, Chicago, IL, Peter R. Steenland, Jr. , Attorney, SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee OBAMA FOUNDATION.

Before KANNE, WOOD, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


In 2016, the City of Chicago and the Barack Obama Foundation selected Jackson Park in Chicago as the location for the Obama Presidential Center. The Center, consisting of a museum, public library, and other spaces for cultural enrichment and education related to the life and presidency of Barack Obama, will take up about 20 acres of the park...

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