Jay F. Shachter v. City of Chicago, Illinois
DueProcess
Whether the adjudication of municipal ordinance infractions in the City of Chicago violates due-process
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. :