Illinois Supreme Court Sets the Record Straight as to What Constitutes a Place of Public Accommodation in Youth Hockey Case

By Professor Robert J Romano, JD, LLM, St. John’s University, Senior Writer In an opinion filed by the Supreme Court for the State of Illinois on March 8, 2024, the Court upheld the Appellate Court’s finding that the defendants in the matter of M.U., a minor child, by and through her parents Kelly U. and Nick U. v. Team Illinois Hockey Club, Inc., et al., were subject to section 5-102(A) of the Illinois Human Rights Act, an Act which disallows  discrimination against a person with a