| Crawford v. City of Chicago, No. 1-98-0920 1st District, March 31, 1999 |
Fifth Division
| HIRAM CRAWFORD, JR., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellee, and CHERYL TADIN, SANDRA KING, and JARED GULIAN, Intervenors/Defendants-Appellees. | Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County. Honorable Thomas Durkin, Judge Presiding. |
JUSTICE HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiffs Hiram Crawford, Jr., John Tyler, Willie Lewis, Lucius Taylor and Hiram Crawford, Sr. (collectively plaintiffs), appeal from the circuit court's order granting summary judgment (735 ILCS 5/2-1005 (West 1996) (section 2-1005)) to defendant city of Chicago (City) and intervenors/defendants Cheryl Tadin, Sandra King and Jared Gulian (collectively Intervenors), and denying summary judgment to plaintiffs, based on its finding that the City had authority under its home rule power to adopt its domestic partnership ordinance (Chicago Municipal Code