People Ex Rel. Scott v. Janson

I cannot agree that the Circuit Court did not have jurisdiction to hear this case. Here we have a complaint for injunction, to abate a public nuisance, brought by the Attorney General in the name of the People of the State of Illinois and the majority holding is that the Circuit Court has no jurisdiction of the subject matter.

The complaint basically alleges: that the Environmental Protection Act prohibits dumping of garbage except at a facility which meets the requirements of the Act; that the defendant has possession of property in Peoria County used for dumping; that he has permitted the…