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DOWNTOWN DISPOSAL SERV. INC. v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 112040.

979 N.E.2d 50 (2012)

2012 IL 112040

365 Ill. Dec. 684

DOWNTOWN DISPOSAL SERVICES, INC., Appellee, v. The CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 1, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mara S. Georges and Stephen R. Patton , Corporation Counsel, Chicago (Benna Ruth Solomon , Myriam Zreczny Kasper and Christopher S. Norborg , of counsel), for appellants.

Richard D. Boonstra and John C. Lillig , Hoogendoorn & Talbot LLP, and Patrick E. Dwyer III , Chicago, for appellee.

John G. Locallo , Charles J. Northrup and Melinda J. Bentley , Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois State Bar Association.

OPINION

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

¶ 1 In this case, we must determine whether a complaint for administrative review filed by a corporation's president, on behalf of the corporation, is a nullity because the president is not an attorney. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the complaints are not void.

¶ 2 BACKGROUND

¶ 3 Between December 2007 and March 2008, the City of Chicago...

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