CHICAGO (AP) -- A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit filed against the city of Chicago by the owner of a metal-shredding facility seeking to operate in the city.
Southside Recycling wanted the federal court to force Chicago to issue a permit that would allow the company to open a facility in a Southeast Side neighborhood.
U.S. District Judge Robert Dow Jr. on Tuesday rejected the company's claim its constitutional rights are being violated by Mayor Lori Lightfoot's administration is withholding a permit while environmental studies are conducted.
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Junked automobiles, used appliances and other metallic waste would be shredded at the plant.
The largely Latino opponents of the plant say granting a permit to Southside Recycling would amount to environmental racism.
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