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PEOPLE EX REL. CITY OF CANTON v. CROUCH

No. 52151.

79 Ill.2d 356 (1980)

403 N.E.2d 242

THE PEOPLE ex rel. THE CITY OF CANTON, Appellee, v. HARLAN E. CROUCH, Mayor, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 28, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Miller, of Chicago, for appellant.

John J. McCarthy, of Canton (Kai Allen Nebel, Angelika Kuehn and Robert J. Best, of Boodell, Sears, Sugrue, Giambalvo & Crowley, and Jack B. Teplitz, of counsel), for appellee.

Fred P. Bosselman, Tobin M. Richter and Linda A. Malone, of Chicago, and Craig A. Peterson, of Evanston (Ross, Hardies, O'Keefe, Babcock & Parsons, of counsel), for amicus curiae Karting Grand Prix, Ltd.

Brian M. Memenoff, of Peoria, for amicus curiae city of Peoria.

Judgment affirmed.

PER CURIAM:

The mayor of the city of Canton, Harlan E. Crouch, appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Fulton County entered in a mandamus proceeding brought against the mayor by the city. The petition for a writ of mandamus was filed to compel the mayor to execute two general obligation bonds authorized by a municipal ordinance adopted July 5, 1978. The mayor, in a letter to the city council, refused to execute the...

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