Korte-Reinheimer v. City Council of Palos Hills

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal proceeds from an order of court awarding a writ of mandamus requiring the presentation of a public policy proposition to the electorate of the city of Palos Hills. A series of objections and hearings intervened and the proposition election still had not been set as of December 1, 1980, the effective date of the new Election Consolidation Act of Illinois (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 46, pars. 2A — 1, 2A — 1.1, 2A — 1.2) (sometimes hereinafter the Act). The issues presented for review are whether: the trial court could…