CONCERNED CITIZENS v. IL COMMERCE COM'N

No. 5-15-0551.

112 N.E.3d 128 (2018)

2018 IL App (5th) 150551

CONCERNED CITIZENS and Property Owners; Illinois Agricultural Association, a/k/a Illinois Farm Bureau; Mary Ellen Zotos; and Landowners Alliance of Central Illinois, NFP, Petitioners, v. The ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION; Grain Belt Express Clean Line LLC; Brown Branch LLC; JAR Branch LLC; Infinity Wind Power; Citizens Utility Board; Illinois Central Railroad Company; Rockies Express Pipeline LLC; Rex Encore Farms LLC; Rex Encore Properties LLC; Wind on the Wires; Environmental Law and Policy Center; BNSF Railway Company; Local Unions 51 and 702 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO; and Building Owners and Managers Association of Chicago, Respondents.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Motion to Publish Granted: April 17, 2018.

Opinion Filed: April 17, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Appellants: Edward D. McNamara, Jr. , Joseph H. O'Brien , McNamara & Evans, 931 South 4th St., Springfield, IL 62705-5039 (attorneys for Concerned Citizens and Property Owners); Charles Y. Davis , Claire A. Manning , Brown, Hay & Stephens LLP, 205 S. 5th St., Suite 700, Springfield, IL 62705 (attorneys for Illinois Agricultural Ass'n); Elizabeth E. Nohren , Dustin L. Probst , Dove & Dove, 151 South Morgan St., Shelbyville, IL 62565-0647; Jonathan L. Phillips , William M. Shay , Shay Phillips, Ltd., 230 SW Adams St., Suite 310, Peoria, IL 61602 (attorneys for Landowners Alliance of Central Illinois, NFP); Paul G. Neilan , Law Offices of Paul G. Neilan, P.C., 1954 1st St., #390 Highland Park, IL 60035 (attorney for Mary Ellen Zotos, by Nafsica Zotos).

Attorneys for Appellees: James A. Hansen , Schmiedeskamp, Robertson, Neu & Mitchell LLP, 525 Jersey St., Quincy, IL 62301 (attorney for Brown Branch, LLC, and JAR Branch LLC); Michael A. Munson , Building Owners and Managers Ass'n of Chicago, 115 S. LaSalle, Suite 2300, Chicago, IL 60603 (attorney for Building Owners and Managers Ass'n of Chicago); Justin M. Vickers , Environmental Law and Policy Center, 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60601 (attorney for Environmental Law and Policy Center); Diana Z. Bowman ; Owen E. MacBride , Schiff Hardin LLP, 233 South Wacker Dr., Suite 6600, Chicago, IL 60606 (attorneys for Grain Belt Express Clean Line LLC); Thomas R. Stanton , James E. Weging , Douglas P. Harvath , Office of General Counsel, Illinois Commerce Comm'n, 160 N. LaSalle St., Suite C-800, Chicago, IL 60601 (attorneys for Illinois Commerce Comm'n); David D. Streicker , Paula S. Kim , Polsinelli PC, 161 N. Clark St., Suite 4200, Chicago, IL 60601 (attorneys for Infinity Wind Power); Patrick K. Shinners , Rochelle G. Skolnick , Schuchat, Cook & Werner, 1221 Locust St., 2nd Floor, St. Louis, MO 63103-2364 (attorneys for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers); E. Glenn Rippie , Rooney, Rippie & Ratnaswamy LLP, 350 West Hubbard St., Suite 600, Chicago, IL 60654 (attorney for Rex Encore Farms LLC, Rex Encore Properties LLC, and Rockies Express Pipeline LLC); Sean R. Brady , Wind on the Wires, 204 Secretariat Court, Wheaton, IL 60189-2026 (attorney for Wind on the Wires).


OPINION

¶ 1 Concerned citizens, landowners, and intervening parties (appellants) sought judicial review of a decision by the Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission) granting a certificate of public convenience and necessity to Grain Belt Express Clean...

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