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Chicago & NW Ry. Co. v. City of Des Plaines

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 25, 1968No. Gen. 51,891PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a zoning case. The property in dispute is in the City of Des Plaines and is zoned for single-family residences. It is owned by the plaintiff, the Chicago and North Western Railway Company, which desires to develop it for industrial purposes — with the expectation that the industries to be located there will furnish additional business for its transportation facilities.

After exhausting its administrative remedies the railroad instituted the present action for declaratory judgment. The case was referred to a master in…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Bennett v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1962
  2. McFail v. BradenIllinois Supreme Court · 1960
  3. Urann v. Village of HinsdaleIllinois Supreme Court · 1964
  4. Maywood Proviso State Bank v. Village of BerkeleyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1965
  5. La Salle National Bank v. County of CookAppellate Court of Illinois · 1965

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Amalgamated Trust & Savings Bank v. County of CookAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
  2. Central Transport, Inc. v. Village of HillsideAppellate Court of Illinois · 1991
  3. CENTRAL TRANSPORT v. Village of HillsideAppellate Court of Illinois · 1991
  4. First Nat. Bk. of Lake Forest v. Vil. of NorthbrookAppellate Court of Illinois · 1971
  5. Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1970

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