Austin View Civic Ass'n v. City of Palos Heights

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE LINN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs brought this class action in the circuit court of Cook County seeking a declaratory judgment, an injunction, and an accounting. Defendant, City of Palos Heights, is a municipal corporation owning and operating a combined waterworks and sewerage system that supplies water to both the residents of Palos Heights and nonresidents such as plaintiffs. The crux of plaintiffs’ complaint is that defendant is discriminating against them by charging them higher water rates than residents of Palos Heights are charged. Following…