| No. 20-1214 | |
| Title: | Fred J. Eychaner, Petitioner v. City of Chicago, Illinois |
| Docketed: | March 3, 2021 |
| Lower Ct: | Appellate Court of Illinois, First District |
| Case Numbers: | (1-19-1053) |
| Decision Date: | May 11, 2020 |
| Discretionary Court Decision Date: | September 30, 2020 |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Feb 26 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 2, 2021) |
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| Mar 04 2021 | Waiver of right of respondent City of Chicago, Illinois to respond filed. |
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| Mar 10 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021. |
| Mar 15 2021 | Response Requested. (Due April 14, 2021) |
| Mar 31 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 14, 2021 to May 28, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Apr 02 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is extended to and including May 14, 2021. |
| Apr 13 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Liberty Justice Center filed. |
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| Apr 13 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation and National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center filed. |
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| Apr 14 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. |
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| Apr 14 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed. |
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| Apr 14 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors filed. |
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| May 14 2021 | Brief of respondent City of Chicago, Illinois in opposition filed. |
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| May 26 2021 | Reply of petitioner Fred J. Eychaner filed. |
| Main DocumentOtherCertificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Jun 01 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021. |
| Jun 21 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/24/2021. |
| Jul 01 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2021. |
| Jul 02 2021 | Petition DENIED. Justice Kavanaugh would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari. Justice Thomas, with whom Justice Gorsuch joins, dissenting from denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion) |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Kosta Stanko Stojilkovic Counsel of Record | Wilkinson Stekloff LLP 2001 M Street NW, 10th Floor Washington, DC 20036 kstojilkovic@wilkinsonstekloff.com | (202) 847-4045 |
| Party name: Fred J. Eychaner | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Benna Ruth Solomon Counsel of Record | Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago 2 N. LaSalle St., Ste. 580 Chicago, IL 60602 benna.solomon@cityofchicago.org | 312.744.7764 |
| Party name: City of Chicago, Illinois | ||
| Other | ||
| Anthony Thomas Caso Counsel of Record | Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence Claremont Institute 1317 W. Foothill Blvd., Ste 120 Upland, CA 91786 tcaso@claremont.org | 877-855-3330 |
| Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence | ||
| Brian Trevor Hodges Counsel of Record | Pacific Legal Foundation 930 G Street Sacramento, CA 95814 bth@pacificlegal.org | 916-419-7111 |
| Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation and National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center | ||
| Jeffrey Michael Schwab Counsel of Record | Liberty Justice Center 208 South LaSalle Street Suite 1690 Chicago, IL 60604 jschwab@libertyjusticecenter.org | (312) 637-2280 |
| Party name: Liberty Justice Center | ||
| Ilya Shapiro Counsel of Record | Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001 ishapiro@cato.org | 2028420200 |
| Party name: The Cato Institute | ||
| Meaghan Elizabeth McLaine VerGow Counsel of Record | O'Melveny & Myers LLP 1625 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 mvergow@omm.com | (202)-383-5300 |
| Party name: Law Professors | ||