ILL. GAMEFOWL BREEDERS ASS'N v. BLOCK

No. 51066.

75 Ill.2d 443 (1979)

389 N.E.2d 529

ILLINOIS GAMEFOWL BREEDERS ASSOCIATION, Appellee, v. JOHN BLOCK, Director of Agriculture, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield (Paul J. Bargiel and Patricia Rosen, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellant.

Roger V. Pierson and Matthew A. Maloney, of Princeton, for appellee.


Judgment reversed.

MR. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Illinois Gamefowl Breeders Association, a not-for-profit Illinois corporation, filed an action for declaratory judgment pursuant to section 57.1 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 110, par. 57.1) seeking a declaration that certain provisions of the Humane Care for Animals Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 8, par. 701 et seq.) were unconstitutional...

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