Markadonatos v. Village of Woodridge

En banc panel of Ct. of Appeals affirmed Dist. Ct. order dismissing plaintiff’s challenge to defendant’s ordinance that imposed $30 fee upon completion of any custodial arrest/booking procedure. Said order was affirmed because no position among three opinions commanded majority view. While plaintiff asserted that said sentence was unconstitutional because defendant could charge individual said fee even under circumstances where arrestee had been subjected to false arrest, one panel of affirming justices maintained that said ordinance is constitutional, since said fee would only apply to individuals, like plaintiff, who sought bail or bond, because said individuals would incur reasonable fee for valuable service of not having to spend time in jail. (Dissent filed.)