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PEOPLE EX REL. GUTKNECHT v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 32520.

414 Ill. 600 (1953)

111 N.E.2d 626

THE PEOPLE ex rel. John Gutknecht, State's Attorney, Appellant, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 23, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (GORDON B. NASH, MELVIN F. WINGERSKY, IRVING LANG, and ALBERT ZEMEL, of counsel,) for appellant.

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN J. MORTIMER, Corporation Counsel, J. RUSSELL SCOTT, and WILSON & McILVAINE, all of Chicago, (CLAY JUDSON, WILLIAM S. BODMAN, ELSA C. BECK, GEORGE E. HALE, MILTON P. WEBSTER, JR., PETER A. DAMMANN, WILLIAM C. WINES, and ROBERT J. NOLAN, of counsel,) for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves the validity of the 1949 amendments to the Blighted Areas Redevelopment Act of 1947. It is here upon appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County which dismissed, after a trial, a quo warranto action brought upon the relation of the State's Attorney of Cook County against the Chicago Land Clearance Commission, the city of Chicago, and the State...

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