CITY & SUBURBAN DIST.-ILLINOIS, INC. v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 86-1971.

157 Ill. App.3d 791 (1987)

510 N.E.2d 1158

CITY & SUBURBAN DISTRIBUTORS-ILLINOIS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Opinion filed June 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judson H. Miner, Acting Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Mary K. Rochford and Julie Elena Brown, Assistant Corporation Counsel, and George F. Galland, Jr., Special Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellant.

David A. Epstein, of Chicago (Robert G. Pressman and Herman G. Bodewes, of counsel), for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, numerous wholesale and retail distributors of liquor and two individual liquor purchasers, filed a three-count complaint seeking declaratory and injunctive relief challenging the Chicago Liquor Tax Ordinance (Chicago Municipal Code sec. 200.11 (1986)) passed by the Chicago city council on May 14, 1986. Plaintiff's complaint challenged both the constitutionality of the tax...

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