WILMETTE PK DIST. v. VILLAGE OF WILMETTE

No. 84-1006.

134 Ill. App.3d 657 (1985)

480 N.E.2d 1249

WILMETTE PARK DISTRICT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE VILLAGE OF WILMETTE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed June 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Mangler, of Wilmette, for appellant.

Coffield, Ungaretti, Harris & Slavin, of Chicago (Richard A. Ungaretti, Charlene L. Holtz, and Kevin M. Flynn, of counsel), for appellee.

Harris W. Fawell and Heidi H. Katz, both of Fawell, James & Brooks, of Naperville, for amicus curiae.


Reversed and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal presents the issue of whether a park district, in carrying out its statutory function, is exempt from zoning laws of a home rule municipality. The trial court answered this question in the affirmative and the home rule municipality appeals. Appellant is the village of Wilmette (village); appellee is the Wilmette Park District (park district), organized and operating...

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