Santiago v. Kusper

On October 16, 1986, the plaintiff, Alfredo Santiago, brought a class action suit in equity in the circuit court of Cook County against defendants Stanley T. Kusper, Jr., county clerk of Cook County (clerk), Edward J. Rosewell, county treasurer of Cook County (treasurer), and the County of Cook. Plaintiff sought, among other things, a declaratory judgment finding that defendants for several years had required payment of an unlawful tax described as “costs” from persons who paid delinquent real estate taxes, purchased real estate taxes at tax sales, or redeemed real estate subsequent to a tax…