ESTATE OF CAREY v. VILLAGE OF STICKNEY

No. 52064.

81 Ill.2d 406 (1980)

411 N.E.2d 209

THE ESTATE OF THOMAS CAREY et al., Appellants, v. THE VILLAGE OF STICKNEY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Modified on denial of rehearing September 26, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey, Filter & White, of Chicago (Edward M. White, of counsel), for appellants.

Donald J. Kreger, of Chicago (Friedman & Koven, of counsel), for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed; cause remanded.

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, the estate of Thomas Carey and Suburban Downs, Inc., conduct, respectively, horse- and harness-racing meets in the defendant village of Stickney under licenses issued by the Illinois Racing Board. Plaintiffs brought this declaratory judgment action, seeking the invalidation of a 1974 Stickney tax ordinance which requires...

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