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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Judge dismisses suit to block construction of Obama Center

Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to prevent the construction of the Obama Presidential Center in a park on Chicago's South Side.

In a ruling issued Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Blakey rejected the contention by the group Protect Our Parks that the city's park district improperly gave control of the land in Jackson Park to former President Barack Obama's foundation in violation of the public trust.

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