MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE, INC. v. DEPT. OF REV.

No. 58148.

101 Ill.2d 291 (1984)

461 N.E.2d 972

MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE, INC., Appellee, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Georgene M. Wilson, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellants.

Richard C. Godfrey, James R. Browne, and Jonathan B. Newcomb, of Kirkland & Ellis, of Chicago, for appellee.


Judgments affirmed.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Moody's Investors Service, filed suit in the circuit court of Sangamon County in March of 1980 to obtain administrative review of the Department of Revenue's tax assessment for the period from July 1970, through March 1974. The Department of Revenue claims that Moody's financial publications were subject to taxation pursuant to the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act (Ill. Rev. Stat...

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