ILL. PURE WATER COMMITTEE, INC. v. DIR. OF PUBLIC HEALTH

No. 56315.

104 Ill.2d 243 (1984)

470 N.E.2d 988

ILLINOIS PURE WATER COMMITTEE, INC., et al., Appellees, v. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Richard W. Cosby, Special Assistant Attorney General, of Dozoryst, Cosby & Brustein, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellants.

G. Edward Moorman, of East Alton, and Jim DeWeese, of Inscore, Rinehardt & Whitney, of Mansfield, Ohio, for appellees.

Peter M. Sfikas and Larry R. Eaton, of Peterson, Ross, Schloerb & Seidel, of Chicago, for amici curiae American Dental Association et al.

William E. Feurer, of William E. Feurer, Ltd., of Springfield, for amici curiae Illinois State Dental Society et al.


Judgment reversed.

JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, the Director of the Department of Public Health of the State of Illinois, the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency of the State of Illinois, and the Alton Water Company, appealed (87 Ill.2d R. 302(a)) from the judgment of the circuit court of Madison County holding unconstitutional section 7a of "An Act to provide for safeguarding the public health by vesting...

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