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PEOPLE EX REL. GUTKNECHT v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 33236.

3 Ill.2d 539 (1954)

121 N.E.2d 791

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

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 23, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (GORDON B. NASH, and JAMES C. MURRAY, of counsel,) for appellant.

JOHN J. MORTIMER, Corporation Counsel, and WILLIAM H. DILLON, both of Chicago, (MAYNARD I. WISHNER, and LOUIS BACON, of counsel,) for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

This case presents constitutional issues arising out of the most recent effort of the State to deal with the problem of urban slums and blighted areas. The Urban Community Conservation Act was adopted by the General Assembly in 1953. It aims at the prevention of slums by the creation of Municipal Community Conservation Boards which are authorized to take steps designed to prevent the...

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