COSMOPOLITAN NAT'L BANK v. COUNTY OF COOK

No. 59020.

103 Ill.2d 302 (1984)

469 N.E.2d 183

COSMOPOLITAN NATIONAL BANK, Trustee, et al., Appellees, v. THE COUNTY OF COOK et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Jane Clark Casey, Deputy State's Attorney, Matthew M. Klein, Assistant State's Attorney, James F. Henry, Special Assistant State's Attorney, and Gould & Ratner, of counsel), for appellant County of Cook.

Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Murphy & Cope, P.C., of Chicago (Marvin J. Glink and John B. Murphey, of counsel), for appellant Village of Richton Park.

Daniel L. Houlihan & Associates, of Chicago (Daniel L. Houlihan, of counsel), and Kirkland & Ellis, of Chicago (Frank L. Winter, of counsel), for appellees.


Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed in part and vacated in part.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

After a long and convoluted history, this case now comes before us on the straightforward questions whether the decree entered in the circuit court of Cook County is inherently self-contradictory and, if not, whether it is against the manifest weight of the evidence. A short review of the history of the...

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