HELPING OTHERS MAINTAIN ENVTL. STDS. v. BOS

Nos. 2-09-1283, 2-10-0162.

941 N.E.2d 347 (2010)

HELPING OTHERS MAINTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS, Leroy Behrens, Laurel Behrens, Mary Jo Burke, Juanita Cropper, Jeffrey Graves, Dean B. Hicks, Kathleen M. Hicks, Steve Holesinger, Will Liberton, Lori Runkle, and Richard Runkle, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. A.J. BOS, Traditions Investments, LLC, and the Department of Agriculture, Defendants-Appellants. Helping Others Maintain Environmental Standards, Leroy Behrens, Laurel Behrens, Mary Jo Burke, Juanita Cropper, Jeffrey Graves, Dean B. Hicks, Kathleen M. Hicks, Steve Holesinger, Will Liberton, Lori Runkle, and Richard Runkle, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. A.J. Bos, Traditions Investments, LLC, and the Department of Agriculture, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

December 22, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Q. Manning , McGreevy Williams P.C., Rockford, Thomas J. Nack , Nack, Richardson & Kurt, Galena, for A.J. Bos, Tradition Investments, LLC.

David D. Albee, Jr. , Galena, for Laurel Behrens, Leroy Behrens, Mary Jo Burke, Juanita Cropper, Jeffrey Graves, Helping Others Maintain Environmental Standards, Dean B. Hicks, Steve Holesinger, Will Liberton, Lori Runkle, Richard Runkle.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, Brett E. Legner , Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, for Illinois Department of Agriculture in No. 2-10-0162.

Danielle J. Diamond , Diamond & LeSueur, P.C., McHenry, James N. Saul , James N. Saul, LLC, Madison, WI, for Amici Curiae Illinois Chapter of Sierra Club, Illinois Council of Trout Unlimited, Prairie Rivers Network in No. 2-10-0162.


Justice BOWMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Helping Others Maintain Environmental Standards (HOMES), Leroy Behrens, Laurel Behrens, Mary Jo Burke, Juanita Cropper, Jeffrey Graves, Dean B. Hicks, Kathleen M. Hicks, Steve Holesinger, Will Liberton, Lori Runkle, and Richard Runkle, sought to halt the construction of a "megadairy" by defendants A.J. Bos and Traditions Investments, LLC (collectively Bos). Plaintiff HOMES is a not-for-profit corporation...

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