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Nos. 08-3701 & 3712_____________________________________________________________________IN THEUNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSFOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT
_________________________________________________Chapman Kelley,Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross- Appellee,v.Chicago Park District,Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant____________On Appeal from the United States District Courtfor the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern DivisionNo. 04- CV-07715The Honorable David H. Coar_____________________________________________________________________REPLY OF DEFENDANT-APPELLEE, CROSS-APPELLANT,CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT_____________________________________________________________________David R. DonnersbergerNelson A. Brown, Jr.CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT541 North Fairbanks Ct., 3
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floorChicago, Illinois 60611Annette M. McGarryMarianne C. HolzhallMcGarry and McGarry, LLC120 North LaSalle Street,Chicago, Illinois 60602Counsel for Cross-AppellantChicago Park DistrictDated: June 24, 2009
Case: 08-3701 Document: 21 Filed: 06/24/2009 Pages: 12
 
iTABLE OF CONTENTSTABLE OF AUTHORITIES...................................................................................................iiI.ARGUMENT................................................................................................................1A.Kelley’s Interpretation of the Park Act Violates Well-Settled Principles of StatutoryConstruction..................................................................................................................1B.The Parties’ Course of Dealing Prior to 1994 Reflects the Proper Interpretation of the Park Act..................................................................................................................4II.CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................5CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE......................................................................................6CIRCUIT RULE 30(D) STATEMENT...................................................................................7CIRCUIT RULE 31(E) CERTIFICATION............................................................................8CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE................................................................................................9
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iiTABLE OF AUTHORITIESCasesGillespie v. Trans Union Corp., 482 F.3d 907 (7
th
Cir. 2007)..................................................1, 3Kelley v. Chicago Park District, No. 04 C 7715, 2008 WL 444986(N.D. Ill., Sept. 29, 2008)...........................................................................................................1People ex rel. Difanis v. Barr, 83 Ill. 2d 191, 198 (Ill. 1980)......................................................3People v. McCarty, 223 Ill. 2d 109, 858 N.E.2d 15 (2006)..........................................................1Statutes5 ILCS 120/2..............................................................................................................................370 ILCS 1505/4..........................................................................................................................370 ILCS 1505/7.01.....................................................................................................................2
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