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PEOPLE EX REL. COUTRAKON v. LOHR

No. 34024, 34048 Cons.

9 Ill.2d 539 (1956)

138 N.E.2d 471

THE PEOPLE ex rel. George P. Coutrakon, Appellant, v. LENNOX R. LOHR et al., Appellees. — SANGAMON COUNTY FAIR AND AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION et al., Appellants, v. STILLMAN J. STANARD et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 26, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GEORGE P. COUTRAKON, State's Attorney, THOMAS W. HOOPES, JAMES C. CRAVEN, and ALLEN T. LUCAS, all of Springfield, for appellants.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, and KIRKLAND, FLEMING, GREEN, MARTIN & ELLIS, and WERNER W. SCHROEDER, both of Chicago, (LUCIEN S. FIELD, WEYMOUTH KIRKLAND, THOMAS M. THOMAS, and THOMAS F. SCULLY, of counsel,) for appellees.

Judgment and decree affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the opinion of the court:

The questions arising in these consolidated cases involve the validity of enacted House Bill 733, entitled: "An Act to provide for a Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority in metropolitan Cook County and to define its powers and duties," to be known as the Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, chap...

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