LANDMARKS ILLINOIS v. ROCK ISLAND CNTY. BD.

Appeal No. 3-19-0159.

162 N.E.3d 373 (2020)

2020 IL App (3d) 190159

LANDMARKS ILLINOIS, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Rock Island Preservation Society, Moline Preservation Society, Broadway Historic District Association, Frederick Shaw, and Diane Oestreich, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The ROCK ISLAND COUNTY BOARD, and the Rock Island County Public Building Commission, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

Opinion filed July 16, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall E. Mehrberg , Thomas E. Quinn , and Charles W. Carlin , of Jenner & Block LLP, of Chicago, for appellants.

William P. Rector and Daniel F. Hardin , of Bozeman, Neighbour, Patton & Noe, LLP, of Moline, for appellee Rock Island County Board.

William Stengel and Sarah Gorham , of Stengel, Bailey & Robertson, of Rock Island, for other appellee.

Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, of Chicago ( Jane Elinor Notz , Solicitor General, and Paul Racette , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for amicus curiae Illinois Department of Natural Resources.


OPINION

¶ 1 This action was brought to halt the demolition of the Rock Island County courthouse (courthouse), which the plaintiffs claim the defendants are attempting to accomplish in violation of the law. The courthouse was constructed in 1896 and opened in 1897...

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