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SHAPIRO v. CHICAGO LAND CLEARANCE COMMISSION

Gen. No. 47,470.

19 Ill. App.2d 461 (1958)

154 N.E.2d 329

Jacob Shapiro, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Chicago Land Clearance Commission, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

Released for publication December 16, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Orlinsky, of Chicago, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Elsa C. Beck, William F. Morrissey, and William H. Dillon, all of Chicago, for Chicago Land Clearance Commission, defendant-appellee.

Latham Castle, Attorney General of State of Illinois, A. Zola Groves, Assistant Attorney General, and J. Russell Scott, of Chicago, for State Housing Board, defendants-appellees.

John C. Melaniphy, Corporation Counsel of City of Chicago, and Sydney R. Drebin, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for City of Chicago, defendant-appellee.

JUSTICE KILEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This proceeding is for common law certiorari to review a decision of the defendants declaring an area in Chicago to be "a slum and blighted area" eligible for redevelopment under the Blighted Areas Redevelopment Act of 1947 (Ill. Rev. Stat. chap. 67 1/2, secs. 63-91). The petition was denied and plaintiffs have appealed.

Plaintiffs are residents and businessmen in the area in Chicago covered by the decision...

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