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City of Chicago v. Jefferson B. Sessions III

  1. August 22, 2018

    Chicago Tells 7th Circ. To Uphold Sanctuary Grants Injunction

    The city of Chicago has urged the Seventh Circuit not to throw out its decision upholding a preliminary injunction on new conditions attached by the Trump administration to a public safety grant, arguing that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling the administration cited was inapplicable.

  2. August 15, 2018

    DOJ Says 7th Circ. Must Scrap Opinion In Sanctuary City Row

    The Trump administration asked the Seventh Circuit on Wednesday to vacate its opinion upholding a preliminary injunction won by the city of Chicago against new conditions the federal government attached to a public safety grant, saying the court's expected dismissal of the government's appeal means the opinion should be tossed.

  3. August 13, 2018

    7th Circ. Cancels En Banc Rehearing In Sanctuary City Case

    The Seventh Circuit on Friday canceled a planned full-court rehearing in the Trump administration's appeal of a preliminary nationwide injunction preventing it from imposing conditions on federal grants targeting sanctuary cities, saying it no longer had jurisdiction.

  4. July 31, 2018

    Permanent Ban Moots Sanctuary City Appeal, 7th Circ. Told

    The city of Chicago on Monday asked the Seventh Circuit to dismiss the appeal filed by the Trump administration over a preliminary injunction Chicago won in a lawsuit challenging new immigration-centered conditions on a federal grant, saying the entry of a permanent injunction removes the court's jurisdiction.

  5. July 20, 2018

    Sanctuary City Grant Ban Only OK in Chicago, 7th Circ. Told

    In a brief filed before the full Seventh Circuit reconsiders whether to uphold a national injunction barring the Trump administration from imposing new, immigration-focused grant conditions, the U.S. Department of Justice argued that the court should have limited the injunction to Chicago.

  6. June 27, 2018

    Full 7th Circ. Pauses Nationwide Ruling In Sanctuary Row

    The full Seventh Circuit on Tuesday paused the nationwide impact of a lower court's order temporarily barring the Trump administration from withholding public safety funds from so-called sanctuary cities, limiting the order to the city of Chicago.

  7. June 14, 2018

    7th Circ. Denies DOJ Bid For Urgency In Sanctuary City Row

    The U.S. Department of Justice urged the Seventh Circuit on Thursday to rule by Monday on the agency's pending bid to stay a nationwide injunction of a prohibition on releasing public safety funds to so-called sanctuary cities, but the court responded hours later denying the request.

  8. June 04, 2018

    Full 7th Circ. To Mull National Sanctuary City Grant Ruling

    The full Seventh Circuit will review a nationwide ban on the U.S. Department of Justice's policy curbing public safety funding to so-called sanctuary cities, the court announced Monday, saying that while the Chicago injunction will remain in effect, an en banc review will reconsider imposing it nationwide.

  9. May 15, 2018

    Chicago Opposes Stay In 7th Circ. Sanctuary Funds Ruling

    The city of Chicago urged the Seventh Circuit on Monday not to grant the Trump administration's request to limit the scope of a nationwide injunction prohibiting it from barring so-called sanctuary cities from a federal public safety grant, arguing that the injunction is in the public interest.

  10. May 03, 2018

    Full 7th Circ. Asked To Rethink Sanctuary City Ruling Stay

    The U.S. Department of Justice has asked the full Seventh Circuit to consider its partial bid to limit the scope of a nationwide injunction barring it from putting immigration-related conditions on so-called sanctuary cities that apply for a federal public safety grant.