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.

Read more at Reuters.