JOHNSTON v. CITY OF BLOOMINGTON

No. 51126.

77 Ill.2d 108 (1979)

395 N.E.2d 549

JAMES W. JOHNSTON et al., Appellees, v. THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall B. Ehlers, of Bane, Allison & Saint, P.C., and David L. Stanczak and H. Paxton Bowers, of Bloomington, for appellants.

George L. Chesley, of DePew, Grimes & Chesley, of Bloomington, for appellees.

Richard R. Wagner, Assistant State's Attorney, of Bloomington, for amicus curiae County of McLean.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, James W. Johnston, individually and as a representative of all those similarly situated, and William Fike, appealed from the judgment of the circuit court of McLean County entered upon allowance of the motion to dismiss filed by defendants, the city of Bloomington, a municipal corporation, and Paul W. Krueger, its treasurer. The appellate...

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