Schoellkopf v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Oscar E. Heard, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the June term, 1918.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gridley
The main question in this case is: Do the city’s specifications tend to restrict free competition among bidders, in violation of section 74 of the Local Improvements Act (J. & A. 1466) 1 This main question is to be determined, as it seems to us, by the decision of either one of two questions of fact, viz.: (1) Do said specifications prescribe a creosote oil which cannot be made without infringing the Reilly ..patent, No. 1,220,001, issued March 20, 1917? (2) Do said specifications tend to foster a monopoly in the manufacture of creosote oil and creosoted wooden paving blocks ?
If said…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- General Electric Co. v. Laco-Philips Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1916
- Stevens v. St. Mary's Training SchoolIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Fishburn v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Holden v. City of AltonIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- Kuehmsted v. Farbenfabriken of Elberfeld Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1910
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