Flynn v. Kucharski

In a class action brought by taxpayers in the city of Chicago, the circuit court of Cook County held unconstitutional section 36.6 of the Fees and Salaries Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 53, par. 55.6) insofar as it relates to the commission allowed to township collectors in Cook County on account of taxes collected by them, and directed that all “property taxes in Cook County shall hereafter be collected by the Cook County Collector until further order of this Court.” The defendants, who are the county collector of Cook County and the 30 township collectors in Cook County, together with…