Illinois Compiled Statutes 765 ILCS 755/15 – Remedies
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(a) If a landlord engages in prohibited conduct described in subsection (f) of Section 10 against a tenant, the tenant may bring a civil action to seek any one or more of the following remedies:
(1) actual damages, as reasonably determined by the
(1) actual damages, as reasonably determined by the
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court, for injury or loss suffered;
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(2) a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $2,000
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for each violation, payable to the tenant;
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(3) reasonable attorney’s fees and court costs; and
(4) other equitable relief as the court may deem
Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 765 ILCS 755/15
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
(4) other equitable relief as the court may deem
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appropriate and just.
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(b) The immigration or citizenship status of any person is irrelevant to any issue of liability or remedy in a civil action involving a tenant’s housing rights. In proceedings or discovery undertaken in a civil action involving a tenant’s housing rights, no inquiry shall be permitted into the tenant’s immigration or citizenship status, except if:
(1) unless otherwise provided in subsection (c), the
(1) unless otherwise provided in subsection (c), the
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claims or defenses raised by the tenant place the person’s immigration or citizenship status directly in contention; or
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(2) the person seeking to make the inquiry
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demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence that the inquiry is necessary in order to comply with federal law.
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(c) The assertion of an affirmative defense to an eviction action under Section 9-106.3 of the Code of Civil Procedure does not constitute cause for discovery or other inquiry into a person’s immigration or citizenship status.