O'LAUGHLIN v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 47617.

65 Ill.2d 183 (1976)

357 N.E.2d 472

MICHAEL O'LAUGHLIN, Appellant, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 15, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. McArdle, of Mahoney and McArdle, of Chicago, for appellant.

William R. Quinlan, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Daniel Pascale and Edmund Hatfield, Assistants Corporation Counsel), for appellees.

Thomas D. Allison, of Chicago (Cotton, Watt, Jones, King & Bowlus, of counsel), for amicus curiae Edison Park Community Council.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

Appellant, Michael O'Laughlin, owner of two parcels of land, sought to enjoin the City of Chicago and its building commissioner from revoking and withholding two building permits that had been issued to him. The permits allowed the construction of two two-family dwelling apartment complexes on the appellant's parcels of land. The circuit court of Cook County, in an order dated July...

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