Equity Associates, Inc. v. Village of Northbrook

Plaintiffs, Equity Associates, Inc., Edward Schwartz, and La Salle National Bank, not personally but as trustee under trust No. 53082, appeal the dismissal by the circuit court of Cook County of their complaint against defendants, the Village of Northbrook and several individual officers or members of its board of trustees, pursuant to section 2 — 615 of the Civil Practice Law (111. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 110, par. 2 — 615).

Plaintiffs’ complaint, alleging various State and Federal causes of action, stemmed from defendants’ prosecution of a lawsuit against plaintiffs and the County of Cook…