GENERAL MOTORS CORP. v. PAPPAS

No. 108893.

950 N.E.2d 1136 (2011)

242 Ill.2d 163

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION et al., Appellees, v. Maria PAPPAS, Treasurer and ex officio Collector of Cook County, Appellant (General Motors Corporation, Cross-Appellant, v. Maria Pappas, Treasurer and ex officio Collector of Cook County, Cross-Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

May 19, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Patrick J. Driscoll, Jr. , Tatia C. Gibbons and Margarett Zilligen , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellant.

Mark R. Davis , of O'Keefe, Lyons & Hynes, LLC, of Chicago, for appellee General Motors Corporation.

James A. Rooney , of Chicago, for appellees Charles Yetto et al.

Christopher B. Kaczynski , John Adam Powers and Daniel J. Heywood , of Smith, Hemmesch, Burke, Brannigan & Guerin, of Chicago, for appellees SBC and Newcastle Properties, LLC.


OPINION

Justice THEIS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

The core issue in this appeal is whether plaintiff taxpayers are entitled to judgment interest under section 2-1303 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2-1303 (West 2006)) on fixed judgments of outstanding interest owed under section 23-20 of the Property Tax Code (Code) (35 ILCS 200/23-20 (West 2006)). For the reasons that follow, we hold that judgment interest may be awarded...

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