WILMETTE PK. DIST. v. VIL. OF WILMETTE

No. 62258.

112 Ill.2d 6 (1986)

490 N.E.2d 1282

WILMETTE PARK DISTRICT, Appellant, v. THE VILLAGE OF WILMETTE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Coffield, Richard A. Ungaretti, Charlene L. Holtz, Kevin M. Flynn and James J. Stamos, of Coffield, Ungaretti, Harris & Slavin, of Chicago, for appellant.

Robert J. Mangler, Vernon T. Squires and John P. Jacoby, of Wilmette, for appellee.

Fawell, James & Brooks, of Naperville (Gerald J. Brooks and Heidi H. Katz, of counsel), for amicus curiae Illinois Association of Park Districts.

Thomas W. Kelty, of Pfeifer & Kelty, P.C., of Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois Municipal League.

Kathryn L. Samuelson, of Mount Prospect, for amicus curiae Northwest Municipal Conference.


Motions denied; judgment affirmed.

CHIEF JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal requires us to determine whether a park district, in exercising its statutory authority over the operation of its parks, is exempt from zoning ordinances of its host municipality. The parties are the Wilmette Park District (park district), organized and operating under the Park District Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983...

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