Politics & Government
Palatine Wants Lawyer Punished Over Parking Ticket Lawsuit
Officials say the case over a 2007 ticket is similar to one that the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear.
A parking ticket from 2007 has become a point of contention between a Chicago lawyer and Palatine officials.
The village wants a judge to punish attorney Martin Murphy after he filed a federal lawsuit accusing Palatine of violating the Driver Privacy Protection Act, the Daily Herald reports. The village claims Martin's suit is similar to one the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear in 2013, according to the report.
RELATED: Palatine Parking Ticket Privacy Case Rejected by Supreme Court
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"In this case, the village is compelled to state that it thinks these filings to be an abuse of the court process," Village Manager Reid Ottesen told the Daily Herald. "The village attorney informed Mr. Murphy that we intend to seek sanctions."
Murphy called the village's response to the lawsuit "ridiculous," the Daily Herald reports.
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Murphy's suit claims a June 2007 parking ticket given to Michael Collins, of Long Grove, violated the Driver Privacy Protection Act by Collins' listing his personal information on it. The lawsuit is asking for $2,500 for each individual instance the village "knowingly obtained, disclosed or used personal information from a motor vehicle record in any manner not permitted under the DPPA," the Daily Herald reports.
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