Hulse v. Kirk

This is an action for a declaratory judgment and an injunction commenced by plaintiff, Minard E. Hulse, Jr., as a taxpayer on behalf of himself and all other locally assessed taxpayers in Cook County, to prevent the defendants from certifying and applying the State real estate, tax multiplier to the assessments made by the County Assessor of Cook County for 1974 and subsequent years. The defendants are Frank A. Kirk, Director of the Department of Local Government Affairs of the State of Illinois (Department) and Stanley T. Kusper, Jr., County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois (Clerk). Defendants…