PEOPLE EX REL. BIRKETT v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 93978.

779 N.E.2d 875 (2002)

202 Ill.2d 36

269 Ill.Dec. 21

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois ex rel. Joseph E. BIRKETT et al., Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. The CITY OF CHICAGO, Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mara S. Georges, Corporation Counsel, Chicago (Lawrence Rosenthal, Benna Ruth Solomon, Jane Elinor Notz, of counsel), Emily Nicklin, Matthew Regan, Chicago, Christopher Landau, Kannon K. Shanmugam, Washington, D.C., Kirkland & Ellis, for appellant and cross-appellee.

Joseph E. Birkett, State's Attorney, Wheaton (Nancy J. Wolfe, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), Joseph V. Karaganis, A. Bruce White, John W. Kalich, of Karaganis, White & Magel, Ltd., Chicago, Robert G. Black, Naperville, for appellees.

Benjamin Ferrucci, Scott P. Lewis, of Palmer & Dodge, L.L.P., Boston, Massachusetts (Patricia A. Hahn, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for amicus curiae Airports Council International—North America.

David A. Berg, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Air Transport Association of America, Inc. William N. Hall, Roger A. Keller, Jr., Susan A. MacIntyre, of Winston & Strawn, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae American Airlines, Inc.

Paul W. Schroeder, Jeffrey R. Weiland, of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Department of Transportation.

John B. Kincaid, of Mirabella & Kiricaid, P.C., Wheaton, for amici curiae Rosa Rodriguez et al.

Amicus curiae Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., Homewood.


Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Joseph E. Birkett, State's Attorney of Du Page County, on behalf of the People of the State of Illinois, the County of Du Page, the Village of Bensenville, the City of Elmhurst, and the City of Wood Dale, filed a two-count amended complaint seeking (1) a declaration that the City of Chicago was constructing certain improvements at O'Hare International Airport in violation of the Illinois Aeronautics Act...

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