SOUTHLAND NEWS CO. v. PEOPLE

No. 85-0211.

143 Ill. App.3d 971 (1986)

493 N.E.2d 398

SOUTHLAND NEWS COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed May 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Steven Beckett, of Reno, O'Byrne & Kepley, of Champaign, and Daniel Cain, of Sreenan & Cain, P.C., of Rockford, for appellant.

Daniel Doyle, State's Attorney, of Rockford (Patrick J. Winn, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.


Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

JUSTICE SCHNAKE delivered the opinion of the court:

The county of Winnebago has an ordinance making it unlawful to operate a theater in the unincorporated areas of the county without first obtaining a license. Under the ordinance licenses are valid "until succeeding April 30 from the date of issue." Section 4-14 provides that license applications are to be accompanied by, inter alia:

"(c) A written covenant...

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