Legal Opinion
O'Connell Home Builders, Inc. v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 2, 1981No. 79-2072PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Miss JUSTICE McGILLICUDDY
delivered the opinion of the court:
O’Connell Home Builders, Inc., and Glynn, McGregor, Murphy and Associates, the plaintiffs, filed a complaint for a writ of mandamus seeking to compel the commissioner of the department of buildings and the city of Chicago, the defendants, to issue a building permit. The writ was granted, and the defendants appeal.
On appeal the defendants contend that the plaintiffs were not entitled to a writ of mandamus because: (1) the permit application contained a material misrepresentation, (2) the plaintiffs did not make a formal demand for the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Fifteen Fifty North State Building Corp. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1958
- Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. Village of PalatineAppellate Court of Illinois · 1959
- Cos Corp. v. City of EvanstonIllinois Supreme Court · 1963
- American National Bank & Trust Co. v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974
- People ex rel. O'Brien v. CrugerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- 1350 Lake Shore Associates v. Mazur-BergAppellate Court of Illinois · 2003
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