FRANCISCAN COMMUNITIES, INC. v. HAMER

No. 2-11-0431.

975 N.E.2d 733 (2012)

363 Ill. Dec. 707

FRANCISCAN COMMUNITIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Brian A. HAMER, Director of the Department of Revenue, The Department of Revenue, The Lake County Board of Review, and The Board of Education of Lake Villa Community Consolidated School District No. 41, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

August 28, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Durso , Edward Clancy , Timothy E. Horton , Seth A. Horvath , Emily M. Dierberg-Armstrong , Ungaretti & Harris LLP, Chicago, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, State of Illinois, Chicago ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, Evan Siegel , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellees Brain A. Hamer, Director, and Illinois Department of Revenue.

Vanessa V. Clohessy , Steven M. Richart , Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn, LLP, Arlington Heights, for appellee Board of Education of Lake Villa Consolidated School District.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 Franciscan Communities, Inc. (FC), appeals from an order of the circuit court of Lake County affirming the decision of the Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue (DOR) to deny FC's application for a property tax exemption, except for the chapel, based on claimed religious and charitable uses of its property in Lindenhurst, Illinois. For the reasons that follow, we...

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