Schuringa v. City of Chicago

This suit, brought in the superior court of Cook County against the city of Chicago and certain of its officials, is a taxpayers’ action to enjoin defendants from fluoridating the city’s water supply. Because constitutional questions are involved, plaintiffs appeal directly to this court for review of a decree dismissing their complaint for want of equity. Upon leave granted, the Chicago Dental Society has filed a brief as amicus curiae in support of the decree.

The events leading to the action had their beginning on October 31, 1951, when a special committee of the city council was appointed…