Treadway v. City of Rockford

Plaintiffs appeal directly from a decree of the Winnebago County circuit court dismissing for want of equity plaintiffs’ complaint for a declaratory judgment that an ordinance of the city of Rockford rezoning certain property from a residential to a business classification was unconstitutional and to enjoin certain defendants from proceeding to build a shopping center.

The trial judge certified that the case involves the constitutionality of a zoning ordinance, but he failed to certify that in his opinion the public interest required a direct appeal. Although the certificate is insufficient to…