Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. Gustafson v. City of Calumet City
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 17, 1968No. Gen. 52,642PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiffs, owners of unimproved real estate in the City of Calumet City, filed suit for a writ of mandamus (Ill Rev Stats 1965, c 87, § 1 et seq.) to compel the defendant city and its building commissioner to issue building permits to them. They alleged that under a 1947 zoning ordinance, their parcels of real estate were located in a class “D” residence zone. This type of district permitted “Dwellings arranged and designed for use of more than one family.” The plaintiffs claimed that in reliance upon the zoning regulation,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. Village of PalatineAppellate Court of Illinois · 1959
- People Ex Rel. National Bank of Austin v. County of CookAppellate Court of Illinois · 1965
- People ex rel. Tinkoff v. Northwestern UniversityAppellate Court of Illinois · 1947
- Houswerth v. SeidelAppellate Court of Illinois · 1964
3Cited by14 opinions
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