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CITY OF CHICAGO v. ST. JOHN'S UNITED CHURCH

No. 2-10-0131.

935 N.E.2d 1158 (2010)

The CITY OF CHICAGO, Plaintiff and Defendant-Appellee, v. ST. JOHN'S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, Defendant-Appellant (Clifford A. Sell, Sr., et al., Intervenors-Appellants; Florence Anderson et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied October 21, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph V. Karaganis , John W. Kalich , Karaganis, White & Magel, Ltd., Chicago, Phillip A. Luetkehans , Robert W. Funk , Schirott, Luetkehans & Garner, P.C., Itasca, Robert E. Jones , Mark S. Bishop , Huck Bouma, P.C., Wheaton, for Florence Anderson, Clifford A. Sell Sr., St. Johns United Church of Christ.

Mara S. Georges , Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago, Benna Ruth Solomon , Deputy Corporation Counsel, Myriam Zreczny Kasper , Chief Assistant Corporation Counsel, J. Mark Powell , Assistant Corporation Counsel, for the City of Chicago.

Marc O. Beem , Miller Shakman & Beem LLP, Harvey M. Grossman , Adam D. Schwartz , Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., Chicago, for Amicus Curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Inc.

Samuel B. Isaacson , Raj N. Shah , Matthew S. Klepper , Tomas M. Thompson , DLA Piper LLP, Chicago, for Amicus Curiae United Air Lines, Inc.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, State of Illinois, Richard A. Redmond , Holland & Knight LLP, Chicago, for Amicus Curiae Department of Transportation of the State of Illinois.

Constantine L. Trela , Robert N. Hochman , Andrianna D. Kastanek , Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, for Amicus Curiae Commercial Club of Chicago.

Scott M. Day , Rachel K. Robert , Day & Robert, P.C., Naperville, for Amicus Curiae Forest Preserve District of DuPage County.

Justice McLAREN delivered the opinion of the court:

These cases arise out of the City of Chicago's condemnation of St. Johannes Cemetery, exercised in the course of expanding O'Hare Airport. In the eminent-domain action, case No. 07-ED-59, defendant, St. John's United Church of Christ, which owned the cemetery, and several hundred relatives of those buried at St. Johannes, sought, via a traverse and motion to dismiss, to prevent the condemnation and destruction of...

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