CITY OF JOLIET v. MID-CITY NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO

No. 05 CY 6746.

CITY OF JOLIET, an Illinois Municipal Corporation, Plaintiff, v. MID-CITY NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

September 17, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

City of Joliet, Plaintiff, represented by Carl A. Gigante , Figliulo & Silverman, James R. Figliulo , Figliulo & Silverman, Peter A. Silverman , Figliulo & Silverman, Bruce W. Doughty , Figliulo & SIlverman, P.C., Melissa Nicole Eubanks , Figliulo & Silverman P.c., Michael Thomas Graham , Figliulo & Silverman, Stephanie D. Jones , Figliulo & Silverman, P.C., Stephen Andrew Viz , Financial Guaranty Insurance Company & Thomas Daniel Warman , Figliulo & Silverman, P.C..

Mid City National Bank Of Chicago, Defendant, represented by James D. Benak , Tatzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Theodore Robert Tetzlaff , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Jacob M. Mihm , Ungaretti & Harris LLP & Matthew Lawrence Iodice , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC.

New West, Defendant, represented by James D. Benak , Tatzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Theodore Robert Tetzlaff , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Jacob M. Mihm & Matthew Lawrence Iodice , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC.

Burnham Residential Venture I, L.P., Defendant, represented by James D. Benak , Tatzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Theodore Robert Tetzlaff , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Jacob M. Mihm & Matthew Lawrence Iodice , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC.

Burnham Residential Venture I, Corp., Defendant, represented by James D. Benak , Tatzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Theodore Robert Tetzlaff , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Jacob M. Mihm & Matthew Lawrence Iodice , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC.

Burnham Management, Defendant, represented by James D. Benak , Tatzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Theodore Robert Tetzlaff , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Jacob M. Mihm & Matthew Lawrence Iodice , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC.

Mid-City National Bank of Chicago, Defendant, represented by James D. Benak , Tatzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Theodore Robert Tetzlaff , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Jacob M. Mihm & Matthew Lawrence Iodice , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC.

Beneficiaries of the Mid-City National Bank of Chicago, Defendant, represented by James D. Benak , Tatzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Theodore Robert Tetzlaff , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Jacob M. Mihm & Matthew Lawrence Iodice , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC.

Burnham Residential Venture VII, L.P., Defendant, represented by James D. Benak , Tatzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Theodore Robert Tetzlaff , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Jacob M. Mihm & Matthew Lawrence Iodice , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC.

Burnham Residential Venture VII Corp., Defendant, represented by James D. Benak , Tatzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Theodore Robert Tetzlaff , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Jacob M. Mihm & Matthew Lawrence Iodice , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC.

New Bluff, Defendant, represented by James D. Benak , Tatzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Theodore Robert Tetzlaff , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Jacob M. Mihm & Matthew Lawrence Iodice , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC.

Ronald J Gidwitz, Defendant, represented by James D. Benak , Tatzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Theodore Robert Tetzlaff , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Jacob M. Mihm & Matthew Lawrence Iodice , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC.

Ralph W Gidwitz, Defendant, represented by James D. Benak , Tatzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Theodore Robert Tetzlaff , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Jacob M. Mihm & Matthew Lawrence Iodice , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC.

Unknown Owners And Non-Record Claimants, Defendant, represented by Jacob M. Mihm .

Beneficiaries of the Mid-City National Bank of Chicago as Successor Trustee to United of America Bank, Trustee under Trust Agreement Dated 5/9/1980 and known as Trust No. 1252, Defendant, represented by James D. Benak , Tatzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Theodore Robert Tetzlaff , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC, Jacob M. Mihm & Matthew Lawrence Iodice , Tetzlaff Law Offices, LLC.

United States Department of Housing & Urban Development, Defendant, represented by Beth Susan Frank , Department Of Justice - Civil Rights Division, Ernest Yi Ling , United States Attorney's Office, Andrea K Steinacker , U.s. Department Of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Joel A. Flaxman , United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Kate Sablosky Elengold , United States Department of Justice, Max P Lapertosa , U.S. Department of Justice, Patrick Walter Johnson , United States Attorney's Office & Timothy J. Moran , United States Department of Justice.

Alfreda Eubanks, Intervenor Defendant, represented by Craig Christopher Martin , Jenner & Block LLP, John Mark Bouman , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Ashley Marie Schumacher , Jenner & Block LLP, Brienne M Letourneau , Jenner & Block, Christopher Michael Sheehan , Jenner & Block LLP, Daniel J. Winters , Jenner & Block LLP, Jeremy Patrick Bergstrom , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Katherine Elizabeth Walz , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Marie Claire Tran Leung , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law & Reena R Bajowala , Jenner & Block.

Arnetris Renee Griffin, Intervenor Defendant, represented by Craig Christopher Martin , Jenner & Block LLP, John Mark Bouman , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Ashley Marie Schumacher , Jenner & Block LLP, Brienne M Letourneau , Jenner & Block, Christopher Michael Sheehan , Jenner & Block LLP, Daniel J. Winters , Jenner & Block LLP, Jeremy Patrick Bergstrom , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Katherine Elizabeth Walz , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Marie Claire Tran Leung , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law & Reena R Bajowala , Jenner & Block.

Teresa Davis, Intervenor, represented by Craig Christopher Martin , Jenner & Block LLP, John Mark Bouman , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Ashley Marie Schumacher , Jenner & Block LLP, Brienne M Letourneau , Jenner & Block, Christopher Michael Sheehan , Jenner & Block LLP, Daniel J. Winters , Jenner & Block LLP, Jeremy Patrick Bergstrom , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Katherine Elizabeth Walz , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Marie Claire Tran Leung , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law & Reena R Bajowala , Jenner & Block.

Helen Dirkans, Intervenor, represented by Craig Christopher Martin , Jenner & Block LLP, John Mark Bouman , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Brienne M Letourneau , Jenner & Block, Katherine Elizabeth Walz , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Marie Claire Tran Leung , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law & Reena R Bajowala , Jenner & Block.

Richard Strejz, Intervenor, represented by Craig Christopher Martin , Jenner & Block LLP, John Mark Bouman , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Brienne M Letourneau , Jenner & Block, Katherine Elizabeth Walz , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law & Reena R Bajowala , Jenner & Block.

Brenda Strejz, Intervenor, represented by Craig Christopher Martin , Jenner & Block LLP, John Mark Bouman , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Brienne M Letourneau , Jenner & Block, Katherine Elizabeth Walz , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law & Reena R Bajowala , Jenner & Block.

Elvis Foster, Intervenor, represented by Craig Christopher Martin , Jenner & Block LLP, John Mark Bouman , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Ashley Marie Schumacher , Jenner & Block LLP, Brienne M Letourneau , Jenner & Block, Christopher Michael Sheehan , Jenner & Block LLP, Daniel J. Winters , Jenner & Block LLP, Jeremy Patrick Bergstrom , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Katherine Elizabeth Walz , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Marie Claire Tran Leung , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law & Reena R Bajowala , Jenner & Block.


OPINION AND ORDER

CHARLES RONALD NORGLE, District Judge.

This eminent domain and Fair Housing Act ("FHA"), 42 U.S.C. § 3601, et seq., action between Plaintiff City of Joliet ("Joliet" or the "City") and Defendants New West, L.P New Bluff, L.P., et al. (collectively, "New West/New Bluff")1 began in 2005. The matter was removed to this Court on November 29, 2005. Following seven years of extensive litigation...

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