ILLINOIS ROAD AND TRANSP. v. COUNTY OF COOK

(Docket No. 127126).

204 N.E.3d 189 (2022)

2022 IL 127126

ILLINOIS ROAD AND TRANSPORTATION BUILDERS ASSOCIATION et al., Appellants, v. The COUNTY OF COOK, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Filed April 21, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gino L. DiVito , John M. Fitzgerald , Amanda N. Catalano , and Johnathan S. Kim , of Tabet DiVito & Rothstein LLC, of Chicago, for appellants.

Kimberly M. Foxx , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Cathy McNeil Stein , Amy Crawford , and Nicolette Koutas , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.

Michael T. Reagan , of Ottawa, for amici curiae Jim Durkin et al.

Chet A. Kelly , of Kelly & Kelley, LLC, of Belleville, for amicus curiae Jay Hoffman.

David P. Hennessy and Anthony D. Schuering , of Brown, Hay and Stephens, LLP, of Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois Chamber of Commerce.

Dale D. Pierson and James Connolly Jr. , of International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150, of Countryside, and Terrance B. McGann , of McGann, Ketterman & Rioux, of Chicago, for amici curiae Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters et al.

Marc R. Poulos , Melissa L. Binetti , Kara M. Principe , and Joseph P. Sweeney , of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting, of Countryside, and Jon Rosenblatt, of G&R Public Law and Strategies, of Chicago, for amici curiae Chicago Area Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust et al.

Celia Meza , Corporation Counsel ( Myriam Zreczny Kasper , and Sara K. Hornstra , Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), and Elizabeth Attard , of Louis F. Cainkar, Ltd., both of Chicago, and Cynthia S. Grandfield , of Del Gado Law Group, LLC, of Berwyn, for amici curiae City of Chicago et al.


OPINION

¶ 1 In 2016, an amendment shielding transportation funding from other uses was added to the state revenue article of the Illinois Constitution (Ill. Const. 1970, art. IX, § 11(a)), commonly known as the transportation taxes and fees lockbox amendment or...

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