Licensed Chicago Drivers Who Pay For CPM Parking Meters File Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit Complaint Against Chicago Parking Meters.
On June 23, 2021, a class action lawsuit complaint was reportedly filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (styled Micah Uetricht, Marianela D’Aprile, and John Kaderbek v. Chicago Parking Meters, LLC, Class Action Case No. 1:21-cv-03364) alleging, among other things, that, pursuant to a June 5, 2013 Parking Meter Concession Agreement, the City of Chicago granted Chicago Parking Meters the exclusive right, for 75 years, to require a fixed number of parking spaces to be set aside for Chicago Parking Meters’s exclusive benefit, and “imposed special restrictions on competing forms of transportation such as bicycles, ride sharing, public transit, and the onset of driverless cars — thereby restricting or delaying the introduction of better, faster, and environmentally safer forms of transportation.”
According to the Chicago Parking Meters class action lawsuit complaint, Chicago Parking Meters allegedly has monopoly control over the City of Chicago’s parking meters, that the June 13 Agreement allegedly is an unlawful exclusive dealing agreement and that the conduct of Chicago Parking Meters’ business under the June 13 agreement is allegedly an unfair trade practice.
Who Is Included In The Proposed Chicago Parking Meters Class Action Lawsuit?
The Chicago Parking Meters lawsuit is reportedly brought on behalf of the following putative class members, for the purpose of seeking injunctive relief pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(2):
All persons who are licensed drivers and paying for CPM parking meters.
According to the Chicago Parking Meters lawsuit complaint, Plaintiffs also alleged that they reserved the right to convert their action to a class under Rule 23(b)(3) for monetary relief, if discovery determines that individual monetary relief is feasible and appropriate.
What Claims Are Alleged In The ParkChicago Class Action Lawsuit?
The ParkChicago class action lawsuit complaint reportedly brings three Counts, including a claim for violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act, a claim for violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, and a claim for violation of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Practices Act.
What Remedy Is The Proposed Class Seeking In The Chicago Parking Meters Class Action Lawsuit?
The plaintiff and the proposed class members in the Chicago Parking Meters class action lawsuit reportedly have asked the Court to, among other things, (A) Certify the proposed class under Rule 23(b)(2), for purpose of injunctive relief only; (B) Grant injunctive relief; (C) Declare the Chicago Parking Meters Agreement to be in violation of the Sherman Act; and (D) Grant Plaintiffs their legal fees.