BLUMENTHAL v. BREWER

No. 1-13-2250.

24 N.E.3d 168 (2014)

Jane E. BLUMENTHAL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eileen M. BREWER, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

December 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angelika Kuehn , of Angelika Kuehn Law Offices, of Oak Park, and Shannon Minter , pro hac vice, Amy Whelan , pro hac vice, and Cathy Sakimura , pro hac vice, all of National Center for Lesbian Rights, of San Francisco, California, for appellant.

Reuben A. Bernick , of Chicago, for appellee.

John A. Knight , of Robert Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., and Camilla B. Taylor , of Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc., both of Chicago, and Nancy D. Polikoff , of American University Washington College of Law, of Washington, D.C., for amici curiae.


OPINION

¶ 1 In 2010, Jane E. Blumenthal filed suit to partition a Chicago home she owned with Eileen M. Brewer, her former domestic partner of 26 years. Brewer counterclaimed for various remedies, including to receive sole title to the property so that the couple's...

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