MORGAN PLACE OF CHICAGO v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 1-09-1240, 1-10-0195.

975 N.E.2d 187 (2012)

363 Ill. Dec. 385

MORGAN PLACE OF CHICAGO, an Illinois Corporation, d/b/a JMC Development; Jerry Jerome Cedicci; and BAC.CC Inc., an Illinois Corporation, Plaintiffs and Counterdefendants-Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. The CITY OF CHICAGO, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant and Counterplaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant (Christopher Bushnell, Interim Director, Department of Construction and Permits; John Doe, Commissioner of the Department of Buildings of the City of Chicago; and Thomas P. Smith, Zoning Administrator of the City of Chicago, Defendants; Anthony Cedicci, Counterdefendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

June 29, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Harte , Chicago ( Erik D. Gruber , of counsel), for appellants.

Stephen R. Patton , Corporation Counsel, Chicago ( Benna Ruth Solomon , Myriam Zreczny Kasper , J. Mark Powell , Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellee.


OPINION

Presiding Justice STEELE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the trial judge ruled defendant City of Chicago (City) was not equitably estopped from revoking a building permit issued to plaintiff Morgan Place of Chicago (Morgan Place), an Illinois corporation doing business as JMC Development (JMC), and that Morgan Place and plaintiffs Jerry Jerome Cedicci (Cedicci...

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