WESTWOOD FORUM, INC. v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD

Nos. 4-93-0990, 4-93-0905.

634 N.E.2d 1154 (1994)

261 Ill. App.3d 911

199 Ill.Dec. 800

WESTWOOD FORUM, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, et al., Defendants-Appellees (Village of Jerome, Plaintiff-Appellant; First National Bank of Springfield, as Trustee, Defendant). WESTWOOD FORUM, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, et al., Defendants-Appellees (Village of Jerome, Plaintiff; First National Bank of Springfield, as Trustee, Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided May 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Feurer (argued), William E. Feurer, Ltd., Val C. Simhauser, Simhauser Law Office, Springfield, for appellant.

James K. Zerkle (argued), Robert M. Rogers, Corporate Counsel, City of Springfield, Springfield, for City of Springfield.

Stephen A. Tagge (argued), Michael A. Myers, Thomas H. Wilson, Sorling, Northrup, Hanna, Cullen & Cochran, Ltd., Springfield, for Commercial Realty Partners, Ltd.


Presiding Justice McCULLOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs in this case are 56 individual property owners and two neighborhood associations who filed a declaratory judgment action against defendants, the City of Springfield, Commercial Realty Partners, Ltd., and First National Bank of Springfield, as trustee of trust No. 1505, seeking to have Ordinance No. 92-089 (Springfield, Ill., Ordinance 92-089 (1992)) declared unconstitutional. As an alternative...

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