Reno v. Newport Township

*333 ¶ 1 Plaintiff, Douglas Reno, filed in the circuit court of Lake County a class-action complaint challenging a permanent road tax that was assessed on properties in Newport Township. He named as defendants Newport Township; the Newport Township Highway District; the Newport Township supervisor, Randy Whitmore; the Newport Township highway commissioner, Rodger Edmonds; and the Newport Township trustees, Corey Kirschhoffer, Diane Crittenden, Ron Miller, and Beth Hartford (collectively, the township defendants). He also named Carla Wyckoff in her capacity as the county clerk. The court granted…