Nowicki v. Evanston Fair Housing Review Board

In this case an administrative agency, established pursuant to an ordinance of a home rule municipality, determined that the ordinance had been violated and imposed a fine for the violation. The central issue before us relates to the procedure to be used to obtain a judicial review of that administrative determination.

The Evanston Fair Housing Review Board found the plaintiff, Albert Nowicki, guilty of violating the Evanston Fair Housing Ordinance and imposed a fine of $500. He brought this action to review the determination of the Board, and the circuit court of Cook County reversed on the…