Reuters covered our lawsuit, Manhart v. WESPAC Foundation, Inc., on behalf of drivers who were trapped in their vehicles for hours after anti-Israel activists blocked access to O’Hare International Airport.
Frank has some powerful allies in his corner — 11 Republican attorneys general, who filed an amicus brief, in the appeal backing the merits of the suit and calling the sanctions “out of line.”Hamilton Lincoln lawyers also filed a similar class action, in 2025 on behalf of drivers caught up in the Washington, D.C.-area protest. The judge in that case has yet to rule on the defendants’ motion to dismiss.Frank doesn’t share the protesters’ political views, though he acknowledges their right to express them. What he finds unacceptable, he said, is illegally blocking traffic and trapping ordinary people in the process.
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