NESS v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COM.

No. 49009.

67 Ill.2d 250 (1977)

367 N.E.2d 672

ORA P. NESS et al., Appellees, v. THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied October 3, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield (Hercules F. Bolos, Special Assistant Attorney General, and Rodney Howard and Mary C. Ubatuba, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellant Illinois Commerce Commission.

Isham, Lincoln & Beale, of Chicago (Paul T. Ruxin, Christine M. Hehmeyer, and Clark Evans Downs, of counsel), for appellant Commonwealth Edison Co.

Richard Wathen Condon, of Purchase, N.Y., and Thomas W. McNamara and Don Ray Sampen, of Jenner & Block, of Chicago, for appellants Francis Boyd et al.

Hynds & Hynds, of Morris (John W. Hynds, of counsel), for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Grundy County reversing the decision of the Illinois Commerce Commission granting a certificate of public convenience and necessity to Commonwealth Edison Company (hereinafter called Edison) to construct a transmission line from its La Salle County nuclear station to Plano Substation No. 167 across the property of the...

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