Pioneer Trust & Savings Bank v. County of Cook

Plaintiff, Pioneer Trust and Savings Bank, as trustee, brought action in mandamus against defendants, County of Cook, its Department of Building, Zoning and Environmental Control, the department’s commissioner and zoning administrator, and the secretary of the Cook County Zoning Board of Appeals, for the issuance of a zoning certificate and building permit for certain construction. The trial court ordered a writ of mandamus to issue. Thereafter, the order was vacated and the Village of Arlington Heights (Arlington) was given leave to intervene as a defendant. Later, the Village of Mount…