CHICAGO TRIBUNE CO. v. JOHNSON

No. 82-2129.

119 Ill. App.3d 270 (1983)

456 N.E.2d 356

CHICAGO TRIBUNE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. J. THOMAS JOHNSON, Indiv. and as Director, Department of Revenue, et al., Defendants-Appellants — (Rockwell Graphic Systems, Inc., Intervening Plaintiffs-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed November 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Paul J. Bargiel, Special Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellants.

Reuben & Proctor, of Chicago (Don H. Reuben, William G. Schopf, Jr., William C. Schmidt, Andrew Butz, and Andrew H. Connor, of counsel), for appellees.


Judgment reversed.

JUSTICE MEJDA delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, the Illinois Department of Revenue, the State Treasurer, and the Director of the Department of Revenue, appeal from the judgment of the circuit court which held that plaintiff, Chicago Tribune Company, met the statutory requirements for an exemption from the Use Tax Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 120, par. 439 et seq.), and that the monies which plaintiff had paid into...

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