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#COOK COUNTY ORDER BARRING PREVIOUSLY FILED DOCUMENTS FULL#

The plaintiffs in this action are Illinois physicians who provide a full range of family planning services, including abortions, to their patients.

1 We affirm the assessment of costs and fees against the intervenors but adjust downward the fees imposed by the district court for the Supreme Court phase of this litigation. 1983, may nevertheless be held liable for an award of attorneys' fees under 42 U.S.C. This case presents an issue of first impression in this circuit: Whether private intervening parties who have not been found liable for a violation of plaintiffs' constitutional rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 47, the Illinois Abortion Act of 1975, enacted as amended October 30, 1979. The litigation underlying the district court's fee award involves the plaintiffs' nearly six-year battle in the district court, this court and the Supreme Court against the intervenors and various governmental officials of the State of Illinois to set aside S.B. "They intend to make the property presentable by revitalizing the property for business expansion," the resolution, which passed 4-3, states.Intervening defendants-appellants (hereinafter "intervenors") appeal from two orders of the district court awarding plaintiffs-appellees ("plaintiffs") an aggregate sum of $312,842.20, of which $212,310.35 was assessed against various intervenors, as costs and attorneys' fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. had submitted a proposal to redevelop the parcel and agreed to enter into a redevelopment agreement with the city. 15, 2018, which means that for the time being the property title has not changed hands, and neither the land bank nor any other entity eyeing the property can legally take control of it, Rose said.īut back in November, the city council, citing its no cash bid application to Cook County, passed a resolution to transfer ownership of the Carter property to a developer identified as Dixie Inc., according to meeting minutes. The redemption period for the Carter property is not until Nov. None of that can take place, however, until the owner's redemption period has expired.

In this case, the property's delinquencies and penalties exceeded $1 million, she said.Ī blighted property along Dixie Highway in Harvey, as seen on April 16, 2018, that is now at the center of a lawsuit, had previously been central to a federal bribery investigation into a city consultant, recently unsealed court documents show. Through a no cash bid purchase, the land bank can acquire the tax lien at no cost, as long as there are no bidders willing to pay more than the delinquency amount, explained Tatia Gibbons, the county clerk's director of real estate and tax services. On July 17, 2017, less than two weeks after the affidavit was filed, the Cook County Land Bank Authority bought Carter property's taxes at scavenger sale through the "no cash bid" process. "I believe there is a fair probability that Luster, Finlay, and others intentionally refrained from taking further action after learning that (Letke) was cooperating with the FBI." "Since (Letke's) death…investigators have not seen any actions taken on the Dwayne Carter property," the agent wrote in his sworn affidavit. Federal agents believe someone tipped off Luster that Letke had been acting as an informant. Authorities discovered a five-page note at the scene they believe he wrote, and determined he'd killed himself with a 9mm handgun.Īfter his death, the development deal he'd been helping the feds keep tabs on went cold. Two weeks later, however, Letke was dead. Five meetings…," he said, according to the affidavit. Luster told Letke later that month that he'd asked Harvey officials to fast track the condemnation process.