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CENTRAL AUSTIN v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Docket No. 1-12-3041.

1 N.E.3d 976 (2013)

2013 IL App (1st) 123041

377 Ill. Dec. 89

CENTRAL AUSTIN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION and American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

November 13, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidley Austin LLP, of Chicago ( Richard J. O'Brien , Eric S. Mattson , and Alexis Rollins Dunton , of counsel), for appellant Central Austin Neighborhood Association.

Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., of Chicago ( Harvey Grossman and Karen Sheley , of counsel), for appellant American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois.

Stephen R. Patton , Corporation Counsel, of Chicago ( Benna Ruth Solomon , Myriam Zreczny Kasper , and Andrew W. Worsek , Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel, for appellee.

OPINION

Justice NEVILLE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Two organizations whose members include African-Americans and Hispanics sued the City of Chicago (City), alleging a violation of the Illinois Civil Rights Act (Act) (740 ILCS 23/5 (West 2012)), and seeking a change in the way the City responds to emergency calls to 911. The organizations alleged that, on average, persons in neighborhoods populated mostly by African-Americans...

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