505 results for 'court:"USDC Northern District of Illinois"'.
J. Hunt, in this complex contract disagreement between the suing painting service franchisor and sued painting service franchisee, grants the franchisor’s motion for summary judgment on the franchisee’s false inducement counterclaims, and denies both parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment on the franchisor’s breach of contract and guaranty claims. The court finds the language of the franchise contract is too ambiguous to justify either a false inducement claim or a definitive summary judgment for either party on contract and guaranty breach claims.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Hunt, Filed On: May 10, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv4919, NOS: Franchise - Contract, Categories: Business Practices, Contract
J. Leinenweber denies the defendant behavioral therapy provider’s motion to dismiss ADA discrimination claims brought by an autistic former employee. The court finds the former employee has sufficiently alleged that she was demoted, and then pushed to quit, by the company’s unwillingness to accommodate her needs as a person with autism.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Leinenweber, Filed On: May 8, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv3707, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities - Other - Civil Rights, Categories: Ada / Rehabilitation Act, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Pallmeyer grants the defendant bank’s motion to dismiss a currency exchange’s claim that it is liable for $840 in check fraud. A customer of the currency exchange got $840 in cash for a check that they had already remotely deposited in their Citibank account, and the currency exchange says it is Citibank’s legal duty to reimburse it. The court disagrees, finding the currency exchange has failed to state an actionable claim.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Pallmeyer, Filed On: May 8, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv5033, NOS: Banks and Banking - Other Suits, Categories: Fraud, Banking / Lending, Technology
J. Kendall denies the suing refurbished electronics dealer’s motion for sanctions and an injunction against the refurbished electronics shop it is suing. The suing dealer accused the other shop of filing false complaints about its products so as to disrupt its business, but the court finds the suing dealer has not provided sufficient evidence to back up those claims.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Kendall, Filed On: May 8, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv6258, NOS: Assault, Libel, & Slander - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Tort, Defamation, Interference With Contract
J. Kness partially grants the Illinois Department of Corrections’ motion for summary judgment on an older Black employee’s claims of age and race discrimination, and retaliation for union association. The employee, who oversees several parole officers, claims his spotty disciplinary record with the department is the result of systemic ageism and anti-Black racism and departmental retaliation for his efforts to unionize his office. The court finds most of the employee’s discrimination claims either untimely or lacking sufficient evidence, but also finds there is sufficient evidence to support his claim for union activity retaliation against several specific department personnel.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Kness, Filed On: May 8, 2024, Case #: 1:18cv282, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation, Labor / Unions
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J. Blakey partially grants motions for summary judgment from both a collection of immigrant rights and civil rights advocacy groups, and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The advocacy groups seek documents from the agency related to its “Citizens Academy” programs via Freedom of Information Act requests. The agency styles as the Citizens Academies as community outreach programs but it has been slow to produce the information the advocacy groups seek, and some of the documents it has produced have redactions. The court finds the agency’s search for relevant records has been adequate in all but one regard, and orders both parties to prepare a sample of contested documents for in-camera review.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Blakey, Filed On: May 8, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv2519, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Government, Immigration, Public Record
J. Tharp grants Illinois’ motion to dismiss Volkswagen’s constitutional challenge to the Illinois Motor Vehicle Franchise Act, which makes it so independent auto dealerships operate independently of “legacy” auto manufacturers like Volkswagen, meaning Volkswagen can’t operate service centers in independent dealerships. But because new and pre-owned vehicles come with manufacturer warranties, Volkswagen still has to reimburse the independent dealerships for any repair and service work they do to their customers’ cars. Volkswagen claims a 2022 amendment to the Act meant to give auto repair workers greater compensation violates its free speech, due process and equal protection rights. But the court finds Volkswagen has failed to state an actionable claim for its due process and equal process claims, and lacks standing for its First Amendment allegations.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Tharp, Filed On: May 6, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv7045, NOS: Constitutionality of State Statutes - Other Suits, Categories: Constitution, Vehicle, Due Process
J. Durkin partially grants motions for summary judgment from both the FBI and the journalist who is suing over access to records. The journalist accuses the FBI of illicitly monitoring Arab and Muslim communities in Chicagoland from the late 90s through early 2000s, and sued the bureau for the relevant files. The files the FBI produced were heavily censored, and now the court finds it must lift any redactions in the relevant documents concerning identified individuals’ race, ethnicity and nationality. However, the court will also allow the FBI to withhold documents that the bureau deemed too sensitive to be shown publicly.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Durkin, Filed On: May 3, 2024, Case #: 1:17cv4782, NOS: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) - Other Suits, Categories: Government, Public Record, Privacy
J. Maldonado denies an Illinois city and its police officers’ motion for new trial, judgment or remittitur of damages. A jury previously found the city and its police liable for falsely imprisoning a man and violating his Fourth Amendment rights, and awarded the man over $3 million in damages. The court found the jury properly arrived at its verdict and issued appropriate damages.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Maldonado, Filed On: May 2, 2024, Case #: 1:17cv4699, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Malicious Prosecution, Damages, Police Misconduct
J. Ellis partially grants the sued trading platform’s motion to dismiss the suing financial technology company’s allegations of trade secrets misappropriation. The fintech firm accuses the trading platform of violating a prior contract to market the plaintiff’s trading software, specifically a clause prohibiting reverse-engineering the software. The court finds the fintech firm has sufficiently stated claims under the Illinois Trade Secrets Act and federal Defend Trade Secrets Act, but that these same claims preempt allegations of tortious interference with economic advantage, unfair competition, fraud and unjust enrichment.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Ellis, Filed On: May 2, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv14192, NOS: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) - Property Rights, Categories: Fraud, Trade Secrets, Tort
J. Rowland partially grants a health care analytics company’s motion for summary judgment on one of its former employees’ discrimination claims. The former employee says the company refused to accommodate her depression, anxiety and Sjögren’s Syndrome, then fired her in retaliation for taking FMLA leave. The court finds the former employee has sufficiently alleged her disability discrimination, failure to accommodate and retaliation claims, but grants the company judgment on her FMLA interference claim. The court also denies the company’s motion for sanctions.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Rowland, Filed On: April 30, 2024, Case #: 1:22cv1612, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities-Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Ada / Rehabilitation Act, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Ellis grants a worker’s motion to dismiss a supplemental affidavit in this class action over a home lending company’s alleged violations of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and Illinois Wage and Payment Collection Act. However, the court also dismisses the case for lack of jurisdiction. The members of the class claimed the company fired all of them with no warning and without providing backpay for accrued personal time.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Ellis, Filed On: April 29, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv1839, NOS: Other Labor Litigation - Labor, Categories: Jurisdiction, Class Action, Labor
J. Hunt grants the defendant Chinese e-commerce platform’s motion to dismiss a trademark complaint brought by the plaintiff Chinese fitness equipment manufacturer. The equipment manufacturer owns the trademark for “FitBeast,” displayed on its grip strengtheners, and claims the defendant has helped counterfeiters sell knock-off FitBeast products on its platform. The court finds the plaintiff has not sufficiently alleged these claims.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Hunt, Filed On: April 29, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv2793, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: Commerce, Trademark, Business Practices
J. Hunt partially grants the Chicago Board of Education’s motion to dismiss multiple civil rights claims brought by a former employee. The former employee claims the board fired him in retaliation for prior charges he brought, over the board not accommodating his disabilities. The court mostly dismisses his retaliation and ADA discrimination claims, as he had pulled a girl out of class by her wrist and school officials overheard him speaking unprofessionally about a suicidal student, but allows a portion of his claim under the Illinois Whistleblower Act to proceed.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Hunt, Filed On: April 29, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv73, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities-Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Ada / Rehabilitation Act, Whistleblowers, Employment Retaliation
J. Cummings partially grants an auto body shop’s motion for summary judgment on a former employee’s discrimination claims. The former employee claims she faced discrimination at work on the basis of her pregnancy, and was eventually fired. The court finds the former employee has abandoned her hostile work environment claim, as she did not respond to the auto shop’s argument against it, but allows the rest of her allegations to go forward.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Cummings, Filed On: April 25, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv2524, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Employment, Vehicle, Employment Discrimination
J. Seeger partially grants a lending agency’s motion to dismiss claims by a borrower that it disguised its consumer loans as business loans. The borrower brought three claims over this alleged financial deception; one for violations of the Illinois Interest Act, another for Electronic Funds Transfer Act breaches, and the third for violations of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. The court dismisses portions of the borrower’s Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act claim, but allows the rest of the complaint to move forward.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Seeger, Filed On: April 25, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv15452, NOS: Truth in Lending - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Fraud, Business Practices, Banking / Lending
J. Valderrama partially grants an American medical technology company’s motion for summary judgment for non-willfulness as to a Chinese medical technology company’s patent infringement claims. The Chinese company claims the U.S. company deliberately infringed on its patent for a fingertip pulse oximeter and an associated display. The court grants the U.S. company’s motion as to its pre-suit activities, but finds that factual disputes mean judgment on its post-suit activities inappropriate.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Valderrama, Filed On: April 23, 2024, Case #: 1:18cv825, NOS: Patent - Property Rights, Categories: Health Care, Patent, Technology
J. Leinenweber grants a veterinary clinic’s motion to dismiss a fertility clinic’s copyright claims, finding the fertility clinic has failed to show that consumers would likely confuse its trademarked PROOV ovulation testing device with the veterinary clinic’s OvuPROOF ovulation testing device. The court also dismisses the veterinary clinic’s counterclaim for defamation, but allows its counterclaims for defamation and misrepresentation to proceed.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Leinenweber, Filed On: April 22, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv3854, NOS: Copyrights - Property Rights, Categories: Copyright, Defamation, Technology
J. Kennelly partially grants a rideshare company’s motion to compel arbitration against several of its drivers. The drivers wish to forward a class action against the company. They claim it wrongly classifies them as independent contractors rather than employees so as to avoid paying them higher wages and overtime, compensating business expenses and providing employee benefits. The court finds arbitration is appropriate for three of the plaintiff drivers but not for a fourth. The court also grants conditional class certification for “all drivers who have worked for Uber in Illinois during the last three years.”
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Kennelly, Filed On: April 22, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv17182, NOS: Labor/Management Relations - Labor, Categories: Arbitration, Class Action, Labor / Unions
J. Kennelly partially grants a former Chicago public school student’s motion for class certification, for all students who “participated in the Quiet Time program in Chicago Public Schools during Chicago Public School’s academic calendar” between 2015 and 2019, and turned 18 on Jan. 13, 2021, or later. The court finds the student has sufficiently alleged the public school system’s “Quiet Time” program had “hidden” Hindu religious elements, such as chanting Sanskrit mantras that honored Hindu deities.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Kennelly, Filed On: April 19, 2024, Case #: 123cv218, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Education, Class Action, First Amendment