DEP'T OF TRANS. v. NEW CENTURY ENG. AND DEV. CORP.

No. 57116.

97 Ill.2d 343 (1983)

454 N.E.2d 635

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellant, v. NEW CENTURY ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield (Wayne R. Johnson, Thomas R. Wilson, Raymond E. Meader, Frank S. Righeimer, Jr., Leo N. Cinquino, and Jeanne T. Goshgarian, Special Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for appellant.

Arnstein, Gluck & Lehr, of Chicago (John F. McClure, Arthur L. Klein, Morton M. Steinberg, and Adele Rapport, of counsel), for appellee James Talcott, Inc.


Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed in part and reversed in part; cause remanded.

CHIEF JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

In this condemnation proceeding, the Department of Transportation of this State, in July 1973, initiated "quick-take" proceedings (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 47, par. 2.1) in the circuit court of Will County to immediately acquire title to a 7.55-acre tract of land to be used for road...

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