No. 19-7121

Jay F. Shachter v. City of Chicago, Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2019-12-31
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: administrative-adjudication administrative-hearing administrative-hearings civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process employment-status judicial-independence municipal-ordinance municipal-ordinances state-supreme-court-split
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the adjudication of municipal ordinance infractions in the City of Chicago violates due-process

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented For Review Whether, in the City of Chicago, the adjudication of municipal ordinance in; fractions violates the due process requirements of the United States Constitution. In ‘ Chicago, accusations of municipal ordinance violations are adjudicated by a cadre of ; administrative hearing officers who are nonemployee contractors, and whose contracts last no longer than a day. They are hired, or not, from one day to the next, at the pleasure of the City. State supreme courts are split on this question. The supreme courts of California, South Carolina and West Virginia have ruled that such conditions . of employment undermine judicial independence, and are constitutionally impermissible. The Hlinois Supreme Court permits them. Parties Involved The parties involved are identified in the caption of the case. :

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-09
Waiver of right of respondent City of Chicago, Illinois to respond filed.
2019-12-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 30, 2020)

Attorneys

City of Chicago, Illinois
Benna Ruth SolomonCorporation Counsel of the City of Chicago, Respondent
Benna Ruth SolomonCorporation Counsel of the City of Chicago, Respondent
Jay F. Shachter
Jay F. Shachter — Petitioner
Jay F. Shachter — Petitioner