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CITY OF ROCKFORD v. GILL

No. 50845.

75 Ill.2d 334 (1979)

388 N.E.2d 384

THE CITY OF ROCKFORD et al., Appellants, v. PAUL P. GILL, County Clerk, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Curtis Washburn, Stephen W. McCarty, and Connolly, Oliver, Godard, Caplan & Close, of Rockford (Robert J. Oliver, of counsel), for appellants.

Daniel D. Doyle, State's Attorney, of Rockford (William Gates, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellee.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, the city of Rockford, filed suit in the circuit court of Winnebago County, seeking a declaration that an ordinance levying taxes for library purposes in excess of the statutory limit was valid under the city's home rule powers. Defendant Paul P. Gill, the county clerk, had refused to extend the levy provided for by the ordinance on the ground...

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