When an Illinois state court ruled that some biometric privacy lawsuits have a five-year time limit depending on the nature of the alleged wrongdoing, it added fuel to an ongoing dispute over when those claims accrue and what kind of damages they can bring.
Ogden Partners decision arose in DuPage County when the same objection was filed against the levies for working cash fund bonds of many DuPage school districts. The Second District ruled in favor of the school districts, establishing a favorable precedent in the collar counties. However, that precedent was not binding on the First District Appellate Court, which serves Cook County. As a result, objectors pursued the same arguments against many Cook County school districts hoping to obtain a different result. Such a split between districts would have created serious issues for a significant number of school districts since a split likely would have prompted the Illinois Supreme Court to resolve the differences in the opinions.