Court Grants Summary Judgment Finding Trump Tower Violated Environmental Laws

Reporting cited here

1. documented

   The property contested allegations that its river-water cooling operations violated state law.

   Case history and disputed conduct

   Chicago Tower Environmental Judgment: Promised · Promised

2. documented

   The judgment established civil environmental-law violations by the property owner. Remedies stayed a separate question, and the ruling was not a criminal conviction.

   Case history and disputed conduct

   Chicago Tower Environmental Judgment: Audit finding · Cited analysis

3. documented

   The judgment established civil environmental-law violations by the property owner. Remedies stayed a separate question, and the ruling was not a criminal conviction.

   Summary-judgment findings

   Chicago Tower Environmental Judgment: Audit finding · Cited analysis

4. documented

   The judgment established civil environmental-law violations by the property owner. Remedies stayed a separate question, and the ruling was not a criminal conviction.

   Disposition and next steps

   Chicago Tower Environmental Judgment: Audit finding · Cited analysis

5. documented

   The decision was a civil summary judgment on liability, with remedies to be determined separately.

   Disposition and next steps

   Chicago Tower Environmental Judgment: Legal status · Legal status

6. documented

   The court found statutory and regulatory violations involving permits, impact studies, and aquatic-life protections.

   Summary-judgment findings

   Chicago Tower Environmental Judgment: The record · The record

7. documented

   The defendant entity owns Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago.

   Summary-judgment findings

   Chicago Tower Environmental Judgment: The record · The record

8. ruled unlawful

   A Cook County Circuit Court judge granted summary judgment finding that the company operating Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago violated the Illinois Environmental Protection Act and Illinois Pollution Control Board regulations.

   Summary-judgment findings under Illinois environmental statutes and regulations

   Court found Trump's Chicago tower violated environmental law · Liability found; remedies proceeding not assessed here