MONAT v. COUNTY OF COOK

No. 1-00-0782.

750 N.E.2d 260 (2001)

322 Ill. App.3d 499

255 Ill.Dec. 679

Allan MONAT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The COUNTY OF COOK, a Municipal Corporation, and Donald Wlodarski, as Commissioner of the County of Cook Department of Building and Zoning, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

May 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schain, Burney, Ross & Citron, Ltd., Chicago (James R. Griffin, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Donna M. Lach, Jayman Avery, III, and Brian Fahey, of counsel), for Appellee.


Presiding Justice McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court:

Allan Monat sued Cook County and the commissioner of its Department of Building and Zoning (DBZ), Donald Wlodarski, seeking a writ of mandamus and an injunction directing defendants to issue him a building permit. The trial court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment. Monat now appeals.

Monat owned horses and kept them at a stable a considerable distance from his home. In December...

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