ALVAREZ v. PAPPAS

No. 104922.

890 N.E.2d 434 (2008)

229 Ill.2d 217

Santos ALVAREZ et al., Indiv. and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. Maria PAPPAS, Treasurer and ex-officio Collector of Cook County, Illinois, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied May 27, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Rathsack, Chicago (Richard A. Ginsburg, Theodore J. Schmidt, Steven A. Salzman and Timothy E. Moran, of counsel), for appellants.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Michael C. Prinzi and Paul A. Castiglione, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.


OPINION

Justice GARMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

Plaintiffs are the owners of various parcels of real estate in Cook County. In 2005, they filed a class action complaint against defendant treasurer, alleging that they had made duplicate payments of their real estate taxes and seeking a return of their money. Most of the plaintiffs had paid taxes in escrow to their respective lenders. When plaintiffs received their tax bills, they...

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