Rosemont Building Supply, Inc. v. Illinois Highway Trust Authority

The plaintiffs, Rosemont Building Supply, Inc., and James Cuzzone, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Du Page County seeking a declaratory judgment that the Illinois Highway Trust Authority Act (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1969, ch. 121, par. 101 — 1 et seq.) was unconstitutional, and seeking to enjoin any expenditures or action thereunder. The suit was filed, as a taxpayers’ class action, on behalf of the plaintiffs and all others similarly situated.

The defendants therein were the Trust Authority created under the challenged Act; Richard B. Ogilvie, Governor of the State of Illinois; Adlai E.…