Food truck owners also say the rules have led many mobile vendors to close up shop, including one of the case’s original plaintiffs. But lower courts have backed up the city’s position, arguing that officials have a right to manage competition and protect business owners, including bricks-and-mortar restaurants. A Cook County Circuit Court judge first ruled in favor of the city in 2016, and an Appellate Court ruled in the city’s favor in December. Pekarik asked the Illinois Supreme Court to take up the case in February.