Northern Illinois Coal Corp. v. Medill

Mr. Chiee Justice Gunn

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a suit brought by sixteen corporations and one partnership, engaged in strip mining of coal in the State of Illinois, who seek to enjoin the Director of Mines and Minerals from carrying out the provisions of an act regulating persons engaged in “open cut” or “strip” mining, enacted July 31, 1943, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1945, chap. 93, pars. 162-180,) on the ground that the act is unconstitutional. The injunction was granted by the circuit court of Cook county and the Director of Mines and Minerals seeks reversal of that order by…