Legal Opinion
SUPERVISORS CTY. OF BOONE v. Village of Rainbow Gardens
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided September 18, 1958No. 34794PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bristow
The circuit court of Boone County entered an order dissolving the village of Rainbow Gardens under the terms of section 7 — 49.1 of the Revised Cities and Villages Act, and the village has directly appealed to this court on the ground that the statute is unconstitutional.
From the record it appears that on December 11, 1957, the Board of Supervisors of Boone County filed a petition in the circuit court of Boone County alleging in substance that, inasmuch as the population of the village of Rainbow Gardens was not determined by the Bureau of the Census under the last preceding decennial census,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Williams v. Mayor of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- The People v. DeatherageIllinois Supreme Court · 1948
- Stewart v. BradyIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
- People Ex Rel. Gutknecht v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1953
- Du Bois v. GibbonsIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
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3Cited by31 opinions
- People v. PalkesIllinois Supreme Court · 1972
- Meador v. City of SalemIllinois Supreme Court · 1972
- People Ex Rel. Stamos v. Public Building CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1968
- People v. KeevenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
- Van Driel Drug Store, Inc. v. MahinIllinois Supreme Court · 1970
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