PEOPLE EX REL. BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHICAGO STATE v. SIEMENS BLG. TEC.

No. 1-08-1258.

900 N.E.2d 414 (2008)

THE PEOPLE ex rel. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CHICAGO STATE UNIVERSITY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SIEMENS BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-Appellee (Siemens Financial Services, Inc. f/k/a Siemens Credit Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, MBIA Capital Corporation 1999-B Tax Exempt Grantor Trust, a Delaware Corporation, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellees; Chapman and Cutler, LLP and David G. Williams, Third-Party Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellees; Nancy Kaye Hall-Walker, Third Party Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

December 24, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan, Atty. Gen., by Limo T. Cherian, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Kelly McCloskey Cherf, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Patrick E. Deady, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Hogan Marren, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Martin T. Tully, Michael J. Summerhill, Brian F. Stroh, Jessica L. Heckinger, Katten, Muchin, Rosenman, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

James R. Ferguson, Dana S. Douglas, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellees Siemens Financial Services.

Amy Galvin Grogan, Michael R. Hauer, Jr., Garelli & Grogan, Elmhurst, IL, for Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellees MBIA Capital Corp.

Michael L. Shakman, Daniel M. Feeney, Alexandra K. Block, Miller, Shakman & Beem LLP, Chicago, IL, for Third-Party Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellees.


Justice THEIS delivered the opinion of the court:

This case appears before us on an interlocutory appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (155 Ill.2d R. 308) to consider three questions certified by the circuit court regarding the interpretation of the Public University Energy Conservation Act (the Act) (110 ILCS 62/1 et seq. (West 1998)). The People of the State of Illinois originally brought this action on behalf of the Board of Trustees of Chicago State...

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