Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. Lignoul v. City of Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided September 20, 1977No. 48787PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dooley
In 1976 the Chicago city council passed what is known as the Chicago Financial Services Ordinance. The People of the State of Illinois, on relation of the commissioner of banks and trust companies, filed this action against the city of Chicago and its city clerk seeking to have the law declared unconstitutional. Two Chicago banks were permitted to intervene as defendants. Summary judgment was entered in the circuit court of Cook County for plaintiff on the basis that the ordinance permitted branch banking and hence was void under article XIII, section 8, of the Illinois Constitution of 1970.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- First National Bank in Plant City v. DickinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- First Nat. Bank of Logan v. Walker Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Ampersand, Inc. v. FinleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1975
- Independent Bankers Ass'n of America v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- People v. Crawford Distributing Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1973
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3Cited by24 opinions
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