Legal Opinion
Loeb v. Board of Education of City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 29, 1952No. 15263Published
1Opinion of the Court
PERRY, District Judge.
In 1929 the Board of Education of the City of Chicago (hereafter called the Board) was faced with the serious financial problem of its existence. The very existence of the school system was threatened. No taxes had been collected for the year 1928 and it did not appear likely that any taxes would be collected in 1929. As it later turned out none was collected until 1931.
This situation was in no way the fault of the Board but had come about because of a complete reassessment of all property in Cook County pursuant to the order of the Illinois State Tax Commission. The…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Daily v. ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1945
- Hayward v. City of Corpus ChristiCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1946
- Parker v. ParkerAppellate Court of Illinois · 1948
- Nuveen v. Board of Public Instruction of Gadsden CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1937
- County of Jackson v. RendlemanIllinois Supreme Court · 1881