In re Petition to Call an Election on the Question of Incorporating the Forest Knoll

The primary issue we consider in this appeal is whether an amicus curiae has standing to engage in motion practice in a case in which it has been granted leave to appear.

Petitioners, who sought incorporation of a village to be called Forest Knoll in Lake County, Illinois, appeal from an order of the circuit court which dismissed their petition for incorporation on motion of amici curiae, the cities of Lake Forest and North Chicago.

This is the second appeal in this action by petitioners. In the first appeal, this court did not reach the substantive issues there raised relating to the standing…