Mealey's (April 20, 2017, 12:23 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois federal judge on April 12 granted summary judgment to a restaurant franchisor on a man’s claim that it discriminated against him by purchasing a restaurant he wanted to buy from a retiring franchisee in 2012, saying the claim is time-barred (Curtis Rowe, et al. v. Checkers Drive-In Restaurant Inc., No. 16-cv-9917, N.D. Ill., Eastern Div., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55692)....