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COLUMBUS PK. CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, INC. v. BD., APPEALS

No. 36722.

25 Ill.2d 65 (1962)

182 N.E.2d 722

COLUMBUS PARK CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, INC., et al., Appellants, v. THE BOARD OF APPEALS OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 25, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

KARL M. MILGROM, of Chicago, and HAYDEN C. COVINGTON, of Brooklyn, New York, for appellants.

JOHN C. MELANIPHY, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago, (SYDNEY R. DREBIN and ALLEN HARTMAN, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel,) for appellees.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County, on administrative review, affirming the action of the defendant Board of Appeals of the City of Chicago in denying the application of plaintiff Columbus Park Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses, Inc., for a special use permit pursuant to the Chicago zoning ordinance. Plaintiffs, alleging the unconstitutionality...

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