Carlisle Investments Group, Ltd. v. White

SECOND DIVISION June 27, 2006 No. 1-05-2096 CARLISLE INVESTMENTS GROUP, LTD., ) GARY L. BLANK and JOHN G. FREZADOS, ) ) Appeal from the Plaintiffs-Appellants, ) Circuit Court of v. ) Cook County. ) JESSE WHITE, SECRETARY OF STATE, ) STATE OF ILLINOIS, ) Honorable ) Mary Ann Mason, Defendant-Appellee. ) Judge Presiding. ) JUSTICE SOUTH delivered the opinion of the court: Following an administrative hearing, the Secretary of State found that plaintiff and its officers acted as loan brokers within the meaning of the Illinois Loan Brokers Act of 1995 (Act) (815 ILCS 175/15-5.15 (West 1998)) when…