Board of Trustees v. Illinois Community College Board

Defendants appeal from an order granting plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and requiring defendants to certify to the State Comptroller plaintiff’s claimed credit hour grants. On appeal defendants contend that: (1) the circuit court lacked the jurisdiction needed to hear the action, and (2) assuming the circuit court had jurisdiction, its order was erroneous.

The following evidence, which is not in dispute, is pertinent to the disposition of this appeal.

On August 3 and August 18, 1977, plaintiff filed with defendants its claims for a reimbursement for accumulated “credit hours.”…