SCHLENZ v. CASTLE

No. 62093.

115 Ill.2d 135 (1986)

503 N.E.2d 241

RUSSELL G. SCHLENZ et al., Appellants, v. JOHN W. CASTLE, Director of Local Government Affairs, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Hamer, of Northbrook, for appellants.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roma Jones Stewart, Solicitor General, and Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellee John W. Castle.

Fred L. Foreman, State's Attorney, of Waukegan (James C. Bakk, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellees Lake County Board of Review and Robert Jasper.

Conzelman, Schultz, Snarski & Mullen, of Waukegan, for appellees Township Assessors of Lake County.


Judgments affirmed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1978 a complaint was filed in the circuit court of Lake County on behalf of Russell and Nancy Schlenz, as representatives of a putative class of taxpayers, attacking the practices of various State and local officials responsible for the assessment and equalization of property pursuant to the Revenue Act of 1939 (Ill. Rev. Stat...

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