WEBSTER v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 83-2827.

132 Ill. App.3d 666 (1985)

478 N.E.2d 446

CHARLES E. WEBSTER et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellee.

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

Opinion filed April 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold M. Flamm and Marshall Patner, both of Orlikoff, Flamm & Patner, and Robert D. Allison, of Bilandic, Neistein, Richman, Hauslinger & Young, Ltd., both of Chicago, for appellants.

James D. Montgomery, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Jerome A. Siegan, Philip L. Bronstein, and Stanley Kaminski, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Charles Webster and Fredrick Blum, brought this action against defendant city of Chicago seeking a declaration that the Chicago Transaction Tax Ordinance is unconstitutional and an injunction enjoining the collection of the tax. The trial court granted the city's motion to dismiss the action, and plaintiffs appeal.

On December 14, 1973, the city enacted chapter 200...

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