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SO. ILL. DEVELOPMENT AUTH. v. AL-MUHAJIRUM

No. 5-99-0545.

744 N.E.2d 308 (2001)

SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, A Municipal Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Masjid AL-MUHAJIRUM, An Illinois Religious Corporation, and Ruth McGee, Defendants-Appellants (St. Clair County Trustee, St. Clair County, Union Planters Bank, f/k/a Midamerica Bank & Trust Company of Edgemont, The Village of Sauget, and Unknown Owners, Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

January 30, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Ysursa, Cook, Shevlin, Ysursa, Brauer & Bartholomew, Ltd., Belleville, Attorneys for Appellants.

Harry J. Sterling, Harry J. Sterling, P.C., Fairview Heights, Attorneys for Appellee.

Justice KUEHN delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a case where the Southwestern Illinois Development Authority (SWIDA) used its advertised power of eminent domain to transfer ownership of property from one private entity to another. SWIDA took property owned by an Illinois not-for-profit religious corporation, the Masjid Al-Muhajirum, and Ruth McGee (collectively, the Mosque), and transferred it to a limited partnership composed of private investors. The partnership...

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