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FORD MOTOR CO. v. CHICAGO DEPT. OF REVENUE

No. 1-13-0597.

14 N.E.3d 667 (2014)

2014 IL App (1st) 130597

383 Ill. Dec. 384

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Bea Reyna-Hickey, in Her Capacity as Director of the Chicago Department of Revenue, and The Chicago Department of Administrative Hearings, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

June 27, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. Patton , Corporation Counsel, of Chicago ( Benna Ruth Solomon , Myriam Zreczny Kasper , and Stephen G. Collins , Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellants.

Fred O. Marcus and David S. Ruskin , both of Horwood Marcus & Berk Chtrd., of Chicago, for appellee.

OPINION

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

¶ 1 The issue on appeal is whether Ford Motor Company is liable to the City of Chicago for a tax of $0.05 per gallon for all the fuel the car maker purchased and put into cars it made in Chicago between 2002 and 2008. A local ordinance provides, "A tax is hereby imposed upon the privilege of purchasing or using, in the City of Chicago, vehicle fuel purchased in a sale at retail...

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