SIERRA CLUB v. OFFICE OF MINES AND MINERALS

No. 4-14-0405.

29 N.E.3d 1068 (2015)

390 Ill. Dec. 798

2015 IL App (4th) 140405

The SIERRA CLUB; Prairie Rivers Network; and Openlands, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The OFFICE OF MINES AND MINERALS OF the DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES; The Office of Realty and Environmental Planning of the Department of Natural Resources; The Department of Natural Resources; Marc Miller, Director of Natural Resources in his Professional Capacity; and Mississippi Sand, LLC, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Modified upon denial of rehearing May 15, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Templeton and Mark Rohan , law student, University of Chicago Law School, and Albert Ettinger , all of Chicago, and Eric M. Schwing , Springfield, for appellants.

Claire A. Manning (argued), Brown, Hay & Stephens, LLP, Springfield, for appellee Mississippi Sand, LLC.

William P. Hardy (argued), Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Springfield, and Russell R. Eggert , Lathrop & Gage LLP, Chicago, for other appellees.


OPINION

¶ 1 Plaintiffs, the Sierra Club, Prairie Rivers Network, and Openlands, appeal the Sangamon County circuit court's April 16, 2014, dismissal of their first-amended petition for review of the actions of defendants,

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