SANGAMON CTY. FAIR AND AGRICULTURAL ASS'N v. STANARD

No. 33946.

9 Ill.2d 267 (1956)

137 N.E.2d 487

SANGAMON COUNTY FAIR AND AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION et al., Appellants, v. STILLMAN J. STANARD, Director of the Department of Agriculture, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 25, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES S. CRAVEN, and ALLEN T. LUCAS, both of Springfield, for appellants; GEORGE P. COUTRAKON, and THOMAS W. HOOPES, both of Springfield, for separate appellant.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, (JOHN L. DAVIDSON, JR., and LUCIEN S. FIELD, of counsel,) for appellees.

WEYMOUTH KIRKLAND, THOMAS M. THOMAS, and THOMAS F. SCULLY, all of Chicago, for Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority, amicus curiae.


Decree affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE BRISTOW delivered the opinion of the court:

Certain plaintiffs-appellants appeal directly to this court from a decree of the circuit court of Sangamon County granting defendants' motion to strike and dismiss the plaintiffs' second amended complaint to enjoin disbursements from the Fair and Exposition Fund on the ground that the 1955 amendment to the State Finance Act is unconstitutional. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, chap. 127, par. 1421...

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