Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Cook County Zoning Board of Appeals
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 12, 1981No. 80-190PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Perlin
This appeal challenges the validity of an amendatory zoning ordinance and special use granted by the Board of Commissioners of Cook County on May 21,1979. The ordinance (79-0-11) rezoned a 176-acre tract in unincorporated Palos Township from R-3 Single Family Residence District (40,000 square feet residential lot sizes) to R-5 Single Family Residence District (10,000 square feet residential lot sizes). The special use permitted a planned unit development of 427 single-family homes. Plaintiffs, homeowners in unincorporated Palos Township, filed a seven-count complaint against the Cook County…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Pioneer Trust & Savings Bank v. County of CookIllinois Supreme Court · 1978
- County of Cook v. John Sexton Contractors Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1979
- Tomasek v. City of Des PlainesIllinois Supreme Court · 1976
- Duggan v. County of CookIllinois Supreme Court · 1975
- People Ex Rel. Joseph Lumber Co. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1949
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Yusuf v. Village of Villa ParkAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
- La Salle National Trust, N.A. v. Village of WestmontAppellate Court of Illinois · 1994
- Kleidon v. City of Hickory HillsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
- LeCompte v. Zoning Board of Appeal for the Village of Barrington HillsAppellate Court of Illinois · 2011
- Rodriguez v. HendersonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1991
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