Chicago Allis Mfg. Corp. v. Metropolitan Sanitary District

On April 14, 1971, the plaintiffs, seventeen companies with plants located within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, brought an action for declaratory judgment against the District in the circuit court of Cook County, contending that section 7a of the Sanitary District Act (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1971, ch. 42, par. 326a), and the Industrial Waste Surcharge Ordinance, which had been enacted under the statute by the District, violate the constitutions of Illinois and the United States. At the conclusion of the plaintiffs’ case, the court allowed the District’s…