C & K DISTRIBUTORS, INC. v. Hynes

PRESIDING JUSTICE MEJDA

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from the dismissal of two petitions for writ of certiorari seeking review of the subject parcels’ real property assessment classifications. Plaintiffs present two issues for review: (1) whether a common law writ of certiorari is the proper means by which to seek direct review of the legality of a decision by the board of appeals or board of review; and (2) whether the mixed Class 5 and Class 6 classification presently assigned to the subject parcels violates the Illinois Constitution, the Revenue Act, or the Cook…