Legal Opinion
Department of Transportation v. Walker
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 1, 1980No. 79-306PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Alloy
This is an appeal by the Department of Transportation (Department) of the State of Illinois from a judgment of the Grundy County Circuit Court which dismissed an action brought by the Department for the condemnation of property. A motion to dismiss the condemnation petition was made by defendants-owners of the property under consideration on the ground that the Department had failed to make a good faith bona fide attempt to agree with the owners upon a price for the property before filing the condemnation petition.
Under section 2 of the Eminent Domain Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 47, par.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- City of Chicago v. Harrison-Halsted Building Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1957
- Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. v. BucklesIllinois Supreme Court · 1962
- County Board of School Trustees v. BoramIllinois Supreme Court · 1962
- Public Service Co. v. RecktenwaldIllinois Supreme Court · 1919
- Village of Deerfield v. RapkaIllinois Supreme Court · 1973
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Department of Transportation Ex Rel. People v. 151 Interstate Road Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 2004
- Department of Transportation Ex Rel. People v. HunzikerAppellate Court of Illinois · 2003
- Forest Preserve District v. Marquette National BankAppellate Court of Illinois · 1991
- Department of Transportation Ex Rel. People v. BrownfieldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1991
- Patrick Media Group, Inc. v. Du Page Water CommissionAppellate Court of Illinois · 1994
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