Another class-action lawsuit has been filed against the City of Chicago with regard to the City’s red light cameras. The suit argues that the use of such cameras is illegal. The suit is being led by 2 plaintiffs, but leaves the door open for others to join.
The lawsuit argues that that the City never had the authority to use the cameras because its 2003 Ordinance establishing the camera program was based on home rule authority, but the home rule authority does not apply to any municipality in Illinois. Furthermore, the plaintiffs argue that the program did not become legal when the State Legislature approved the cameras through an enabling statute because the 2003 Ordinance was void upon inception, and therefore the Chicago program was and is void now.
A similar suit filed in 2010 was dismissed but an appeal is pending.
The City has no comment on the current suit.
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