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BALDACCHINO v. THOMPSON

Nos. 1-95-3184, 1-96-0226.

682 N.E.2d 182 (1997)

289 Ill. App.3d 104

224 Ill.Dec. 621

Charles S. BALDACCHINO; and Robert M. Sroka, individually and on behalf of a majority of the Electors of the Town of Maine, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Mark THOMPSON, individually and as Supervisor of the Town of Maine; Carol Teschky, individually and as Trustee of the Town of Maine; Robert Provenzano, individually and as Trustee of the Town of Maine; Pamela Anderson, Administrator of the Town of Maine; and Gary Warner, individually and as Town Clerk, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

June 19, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Springer, Matthew M. Neumeier, Mark Parts, Chicago; Theresa Amato, Citizen Advocacy Center, Elmhurst; David F. Platek, Chicago, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Philip J. McGuire, Luce, Forward, Hamilton, Scripps, L.L.P., Chicago; Daniel J. Dowd, Dowd, Dowd & Mertes, Ltd., Des Plaines, for defendants-appellees.

Presiding Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

When a township form of government is in place, who makes the decisions for the town—the township board of trustees or the townspeople? Members of the Maine Township Board of Trustees (Board) thought they had the right to decide to build an addition to their town hall. Some of the town's residents did not think the Board should make that decision without the consent of the townspeople. In accord...

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