Tom Fitton, His Lawyers -- And His Named Plaintiffs -- Haven't Disclosed Who They Are "Affiliated With" -- In The Stupid Suit Against Evanston Reparations.

Not remotely surprising, as we've long known Fitton imagines himself some latter day Clarence Darrow, but has no bar card, nor has he ever graduated any accredited law school, or even sat for any bar exam.

So it comes as no surprise that here, almost eight months into the silly strike suit he ginned up, and filed in federal court in Chicago. . . he still has not indicated which of his affiliated entities are controlling, under common control with or controlled by the five named plaintiffs.

At New Year's Eve, the court helpfully reminded them that such a filing is required, unless all of them are acting solely in their individual capacities (and will be jointly ana severally personally liable -- if the court should find the suit lacks a good faith basis, and thus the City of Evanston might recover its own attorneys' fees and expenses from them at the end of the litigation).

I'd hazard a guess that as of this moment, those fees are well over $100,000 -- and could be over $600,000 -- even if there is never a trial. If a trial occurs, I'd triple the guess -- to $1.8 million. Damnation.

In any event, here's the order:

. . .Pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 (Notification of Affiliates), any nongovernmental party, other than an individual or sole proprietorship, must file a statement identifying all its affiliates known to the party after diligent review or, if the party has identified no affiliates, then a statement reflecting that fact must be filed. An affiliate is defined as follows: any entity or individual owning, directly or indirectly (through ownership of one or more other entities), 5% or more of a party.

The statement is to be electronically filed as a PDF in conjunction with entering the affiliates in CM/ECF as prompted. As a reminder to counsel, parties must supplement their statements of affiliates within thirty (30) days of any change in the information previously reported. This minute order is being issued to all counsel of record to remind counsel of their obligation to provide updated information as to additional affiliates if such updating is necessary. If counsel has any questions regarding this process, this LINK will provide additional information.

Signed by the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall on 12/27/2024. . . .

H I L A R I O U S.

At immediate left is an image of one of the goofy plaintiffs' lawyers -- who also happens to be a paid Village Trustee, in nearby Palatine, Illinois. Hmm. This nonsense will be dismissed (for a lack of standing, and thus a lack of jurisdiction) in 2025, in all likelihood.

Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of embittered old wretches.

Onward, into a strident new year of. . . Lawful Resistance 2.0. . . .



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