MADISON TWO ASSOCIATES v. PAPPAS

No. 1-04-0911.

862 N.E.2d 1184 (2007)

308 Ill.Dec. 981

MADISON TWO ASSOCIATES, 70 West Madison Street, Bank One, Bank One Plaza, Realty LLC—The Quaker Oats Corporation, 321 North Clark Street, TH Tower Leasing, LLC, 233 South Wacker Drive, Shorenstein Realty Advisors, 875 North Michigan Avenue, Cityfront Hotel Associates, LP, 301 East North Water Street, 77 West Wacker Drive, LLC, 77 West Wacker Drive, Tishman Speyer Properties, 200 West Madison, Parkway 233 North Michigan, LLC, 233 North Michigan Avenue, Kato International, LLC, 151 East Wacker Drive, Shorenstein Realty Service as 1 Prudential Plaza/2 Prudential Plaza, Bre/Randolph Drive, LLC, 200 East Randolph Drive, CNBC Leasing Corporation, 135 South LaSalle Street, Tishman Speyer Properties, 500 West Monroe Street, Urban Shopping Centers, Inc., 900 North Michigan Avenue, Urban Shopping Centers, Inc., 875 North Michigan Avenue, Equity Office Properties Trust, 161 North Clark Street, Equity Office Properties Trust, 10 South Wacker Drive/30 South Wacker Drive, Prime Group Realty Trust, 330 North Wabash Avenue, Hilton Hotels Corporation-Chicago Hilton and Towers, 720 South Michigan Avenue, Palmer House Hilton, 17 East Monroe Street, TST 55 East Monroe, LLC, 55 East Monroe Street, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Maria PAPPAS, Treasurer and ex officio County Collector of Cook County, Defendant-Appellant (The City of Chicago and The Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Petitioners for Intervention-Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

February 9, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago (Mara S. Georges, Lawrence Rosenthal, Benna Ruth Solomon, Julian N. Henriques, Jr., of counsel), Board of Education of the City of Chicago (Ruth M. Moscovitch, Lee Ann Lowder, of counsel), for Intervention-Appellants.

Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago (Richard A. Devine, Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Michael C. Prinzi, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee.

Madigan & Getzendanner, Chicago (Vincent J. Getzendanner, Jr., and Glenn E. Schreiber, of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellees Shorenstein Realty Service as 1 Prudential Plaza/2 Prudential Plaza, Cityfront Hotel Associates, LP, 301 East North Water Street, 77 West Wacker Drive, LLC, 77 West Wacker Drive, Tishman Speyer Properties, 500 West Monroe Street, Parkway 233 North Michigan, LLC, 233 North Michigan Avenue, Kato International, LLC, 151 East Wacker Drive, Shorenstein Realty Advisors, 875 North Michigan Avenue, Bre/Randolph Drive, LLC, 200 East Randolph Drive, CNBC Leasing Corporation, 135 South LaSalle Street, and Tishman Speyer Properties, 200 West Madison.

Sarnoff & Baccash, Chicago (Robert M. Sarnoff, Michael F. Baccash, Steven Kandelman, of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellees Hilton Hotels Corporation-Chicago Hilton and Towers, 720 South Michigan Avenue, and Palmer House Hilton, 17 East Monroe Street.

O'Keefe, Lyons & Hynes, LLC, Chicago (Mark K. Davis, of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellees Madison Two Associates, 70 West Madison Street, Bank One, Bank One Plaza, and Realty LLC-The Quaker Oats Corporation, 321 North Clark Street.


Justice GALLAGHER delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal involves the issue of whether the City of Chicago (the City) and the Chicago Board of Education (the Board)(collectively, petitioners), as taxing districts, have a right to intervene in tax objection cases involving valuation disputes, as opposed to rate disputes. Petitioners contend that the disposition of such cases could result in a reduction of tax revenue that they receive and they seek intervention...

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