PEOPLE EX REL. STAMOS v. PUBLIC BLDG. COM.

No. 41392.

40 Ill.2d 164 (1968)

238 N.E.2d 390

THE PEOPLE ex rel. John J. Stamos, State's Attorney, Appellant, v. PUBLIC BUILDING COMMISSION OF CHICAGO et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 21, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN J. STAMOS, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (EDWARD J. HLADIS, Chief of Civil Division, RONALD BUTLER and DEAN H. BILTON, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel,) for appellant.

WILLIAM R. DILLION, of Chicago, for appellee Public Building Commission of Chicago.

JAMES W. COFFEY, and JOHN T. MEHIGAN, both of Chicago, for appellee Board of Education of City of Chicago.

KIRKLAND, ELLIS, HODSON, CHAFFETZ AND MASTERS, and THOMAS M. THOMAS and THOMAS F. SCULLY, all of Chicago, for appellee Chicago Park District.

RAYMOND F. SIMON, Corporation Counsel, and ROBERT WISS, Special Assistant Corporation Counsel, both of Chicago, for appellee City of Chicago.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing a quo warranto suit, brought by plaintiff, the State's Attorney of Cook County, challenging the constitutionality of the Public Building Commission Act, as amended in 1965, and the action taken thereunder by the defendant municipal corporations.

In dismissing the complaint, the circuit...

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