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COUNTY OF KNOX v. HIGHLANDS, L.L.C.

Nos. 4-97-0912, 4-97-0913 and 4-97-0929.

705 N.E.2d 128 (1998)

302 Ill. App.3d 342

235 Ill.Dec. 515

The COUNTY OF KNOX ex rel. Robert L. MASTERSON, as Knox County Zoning Department Administrator, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The HIGHLANDS, L.L.C.; James R. Baird; and Patricia A. Baird, Defendants-Appellees. The Highlands, L.L.C., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The Knox County Zoning Board of Appeals; Robert L. Masterson, as Knox County Zoning Board of Appeals Secretary and Knox County Zoning Department Administrator; Paul L. Mangieri, as State's Attorney of Knox County; Shelly Adams, Bill Adams, Mary Lou Baird, Nina Baird, Richard B. Baird, William Baird, Lloyd Bodinus, Cheryl Brown, Marilyn Carr, Anthony Carroll, Kimberly Carroll, Duncan Cooper, Delphine Leonarddell, John Demaree, Gary Dewalt, Marty Diefendorf, Mary Diefendorf, Richard E. Diefendorf, Danette Doubet, Julie Gorman, Theresa M. Gray, Lawrence Hall, Theda Hall, Carolyn Hansen, Michael L. Hasselbacher, Karen Hudson, Matina A. Jacobs, Robert M. Jacobs, Bennie L. Johnson, Jane Johnson, Gayla Karrick, John J. Leonard, Carole M. Mackie, Jim Mackie, Larry Mackie, Lori Mackie, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Martin, Gretchen Mclntire, Cherag Metah, Carol L. Moore, Rhonda Moore, Todd Moore, Allen Port, Carol K. Quick, John L. Quick, Judy Race, Tasmra L. Smith, Greg Stone, Matthew M. Vogel, Estate of Robert J. Vogel, Ray Watson, Barry Webber, John Webber, Joanne Wilson, Ruth Wolfe and Terry L. Wolfe, Defendants-Appellants. John J. Leonard, William D. Baird, and Nina L. Baird, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The Highlands, L.L.C.; James R. Baird; and Patricia A. Baird, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

December 30, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul L. Mangieri (argued), State's Attorney, Galesburg, for The County of Knox.

George Mueller (argued), Ottawa, for Nina L. Baird, William D. Baird, John L. Leonard.

Charles M. Gering (argued), Stephen F. Pflaum, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, S. David Simpson, Hattery, Simpson & West, Galesburg, for James Baird, Patricia Baird, The Highlands.

Barbara Kay Stille, Office of General Counsel/Ill. Agricultural Assoc., Bloomington, for Amicus Curiae.

John Narmont, Springfield, for Amicus Curiae, Illinois Beef Association, Inc.

Michael Barton, Belatti & Barton, Springfield, for Amicus Curiae, Illinois Pork Producers Assoc.

Justice RAPP delivered the opinion of the court:

In these consolidated cases, Knox County (county), John Leonard, William Baird, Nina Baird, and the Knox County Zoning Board of Appeals (Board) et al., appeal from the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of The Highlands, L.L.C. We affirm.

These cases involve the establishment by The Highlands, L.L.C., of a large-scale-hog-confinement facility in rural Knox County where the land will be devoted...

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