Mendez v. City of Chicago: Protecting Chicago Home-share Rights

Mendez v. City of Chicago

November 2016
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Chicago has enacted some of the nation’s most extreme restrictions on citizens’ right to share their homes through online platforms such as Airbnb and Homeaway.

Chicago’s anti-home-sharing ordinance allows officials to search home-sharers’ private residences “at any time and in any manner” without a warrant or probable cause, arbitrarily limits who can engage in home-sharing, imposes unintelligible noise restrictions on home-sharers, and imposes discriminatory taxes on home-sharing.

The Liberty Justice Center has teamed up with the Goldwater Institute to represent Chicago homeowners in a lawsuit, Mendez v. City of Chicago, challenging this ordinance for violating homeowners’ constitutional rights.

Lead Attorney

Jeffrey M. Schwab

Senior Attorney

To schedule an interview, please contact [email protected]

Background

Briefs

Complaint 11/29/2016

Response to Defendant MTD 03/27/2017

Memorandum Opinion and Order 10/13/2017

Amended Complaint 11/08/2017

Response to MTD Amended Complaint 01/19/2018

Second Amended Complaint 09/21/2018

Motion for Summary Judgment 06/21/2019

Motion to Exclude Defendant Expert 06/21/2019

Motion to Strike Affidavit of Charles Lee or Stay Summary Judgment 08/27/2019

Support of Motion to Exclude Defendant Expert 09/03/2019

Support of Motion to Exclude Defendant Expert 01/17/2020

Support of Motion for Summary Judgment 01/17/2020

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