Legal Opinion
People ex rel. County of St. Clair v. City of Belleville
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 15, 1980No. 79-81PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE JONES
delivered the opinion of the court:
The People of the State of Illinois, upon the relation of the county of St. Clair, a township, a road district, and two fire protection districts, brought a quo warranto action challenging the validity of three annexation ordinances passed by the city of Belleville pursuant to section 7 — 1—8 of the Illinois Municipal Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 24, par. 7 — 1—8). Following a bench trial, judgment was entered in favor of the defendant city upholding the validity of the ordinances and dismissing the People’s complaint. On appeal…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Western National Bank v. Village of KildeerIllinois Supreme Court · 1960
- People Ex Rel. Village of Worth v. IhdeIllinois Supreme Court · 1961
- Wild v. People ex rel. StephensIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
- People Ex Rel. Adamowski v. Village of StreamwoodIllinois Supreme Court · 1959
- People Ex Rel. Hanrahan v. Village of WheelingAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
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3Cited by3 opinions
- People Ex Rel. County of St. Clair v. City of BellevilleIllinois Supreme Court · 1981
- Belmont Fire Protection District v. Village of Downers GroveAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981
- STATE EX REL. DOT v. City of MilfordCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1989