Township High School District 203 v. Village of Northfield

Plaintiff, Township High School District 203, operated a public high school commonly known as New Trier West High School, in the Village of Northfield, Illinois (the Village). Plaintiff ceased operating the high school in 1985. A college subsequently expressed interest in buying New Trier’s property. The college, however, informed New Trier that it would not purchase the property so long as a recently enacted provision of the Village’s zoning ordinance was in effect. The zoning provision would have required the college to pay an annual fee to the Village.

New Trier brought this declaratory…