Steffes v. Vulcan Materials Co.

The six petitioners in this case, the Steffeses, filed their petition in the circuit court of Will County pursuant to section 7 — 1—2 of the Illinois Municipal Code (the Code) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 24, par. 7 — 1—2) seeking annexation of their property, and that of Vulcan Materials Company (Vulcan) and American Cyanamid Company (American Cyanamid), to the City of Joliet, Illinois. The petition requested “submission of the question of the annexation of said territory to the corporate authorities of the City of Joliet,” averring, inter alia, that petitioners constitute “a majority of the…