ARLINGTON CITY CAB CO. v. RTA

No. 53011.

82 Ill.2d 458 (1980)

413 N.E.2d 408

ARLINGTON CITY CAB COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alex Devience, Jr., and John F. O'Meara, of Arlington Heights, for appellants.

Jeremiah March, Michael Schneiderman, John L. Rogers III, and David O. Toolan, of Chicago (Carl J. Frank and Hopkins, Sutter, Mulroy, Davis & Cromartie, of counsel), for appellees.


Order vacated; cause remanded.

MR. JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs, four taxicab companies, filed suit in the circuit court of Cook County challenging the validity of the motor fuel use and public transportation tax (the RTA tax) imposed by the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) and State of Illinois Department of Revenue (defendants). The action was brought as a class action insofar as it applied to purchases of gasoline...

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