IN RE PETITION TO CALL AN ELECTION

No. 2-87-0202.

164 Ill. App.3d 392 (1987)

517 N.E.2d 1188

In re PETITION TO CALL AN ELECTION ON THE QUESTION OF INCORPORATING THE VILLAGE OF FOREST KNOLL.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed December 31, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Siemon, Wendy U. Larsen, and Gerald P. Callaghan, all of Siemon, Larsen, Mattlin & Purdy, of Chicago, for appellant.

Peter J. Nordigian, of Lonchar & Nordigian, of Waukegan, for appellee Village of Lake Bluff.

Robert V. Gildo, of Robert V. Gildo, Ltd., of Wheaton, for appellees Calvert Gordon and Ernest Schultz.

John E. Schultz, of Conzelman, Schultz, Snarski & Mullen, of Waukegan, for appellee City of Waukegan.

Thomas H. Compere, Corporation Counsel, of Lake Forest, and Murray R. Conzelman, of Conzelman, Schultz, Snarski & Mullen, of Waukegan, for amicus curiae City of Lake Forest.

William G. Rosing, of Rosing, Applehans & Smith, Ltd., and Hercules Paul Zagoras, of Hercules Paul Zagoras & Associates, Ltd., both of Waukegan, for amicus curiae City of North Chicago.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE NASH delivered the opinion of the court:

The primary issue we consider in this appeal is whether an amicus curiae has standing to engage in motion practice in a case in which it has been granted leave to appear.

Petitioners, who sought incorporation of a village to be called Forest Knoll in Lake County, Illinois, appeal from an order of the circuit court which dismissed their petition for incorporation on motion...

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