CHICAGO SCHOOL FIN. AUTH. v. CITY COUNCIL

No. 61077.

104 Ill.2d 437 (1984)

472 N.E.2d 805

CHICAGO SCHOOL FINANCE AUTHORITY, Appellee, v. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winston & Strawn, of Chicago (Calvin Sawyier and Mary A. Martin, of counsel), for appellants.

Roger Pascal, Aaron J. Kramer, Wayne A. McCoy, Scott Bieber and Stephen J. Dragich, of Schiff, Hardin & Waite, of Chicago, for appellee.


Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal involves an action for a declaratory judgment and a writ of mandamus which was filed in the circuit court of Cook County on November 16, 1984, by the Chicago School Finance Authority (the Authority) against the city council of the city of Chicago (the city council), its 50 members and the city clerk of the city of Chicago. The Authority sought to compel...

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