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SOUTHWESTERN ILL. DEV. AUTH. v. NATIONAL CITY ENVIRONMENTAL

No. 87809.

768 N.E.2d 1 (2002)

199 Ill.2d 225

263 Ill.Dec. 241

The SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, Appellant, v. NATIONAL CITY ENVIRONMENTAL, L.L.C., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

April 4, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh C. Griffin, Rowe W. Snider and David B. Barlow, of Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Harry J. Sterling, Fairview Heights, Robert E. Becker, of Becker, Paulson & Hoerner, P.C., Belleville, and Alan J. Dixon, of Bryan Cave L.L.P., St. Louis, Missouri, for appellant.

Jerold S. Solovy, Barry Levenstam, Jeff S. Pitzer and Jeremy M. Taylor, Chicago, Jessie K. Liu, Washington, D.C., of Jenner & Block, Daniel Schattnik, of Unsell, Unsell, Schattnik & Hale, East Alton, for appellees.

Mara S. Georges, Corporation Counsel, Chicago (Lawrence Rosenthal, Benna Ruth Solomon, Joseph H. Kim, of counsel), for amicus curiae City of Chicago.

Thomas A. Thanas, Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois Institute for Local Government Law.

Roger Huebner, Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois Municipal League.

Kiplund Kolkmeier, Springfield, for amicus curiae Metro Counties Council.

Amicus Curiae Robert Haida, St. Clair County State's Attorney, Belleville.

Steven D. Mahrt, Normal, for amicus curiae Town of Normal.

Justice GARMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue in this case is whether the Southwestern Illinois Development Authority (SWIDA) properly exercised the power of eminent domain to take property owned by National City Environmental, L.L.C., and St. Louis Auto Shredding Company (collectively NCE), and convey that property to Gateway International Motorsports Corporation (Gateway). The circuit court of St. Clair County ruled that SWIDA had properly exercised...

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