FOREST PRESERVE DIST. DU PAGE CTY. v. Brookwood Land Venture

Intervenor, National Housing Partnership (NHP), appeals the order of the circuit court granting summary judgment to defendant, Brookwood Land Venture (Brookwood). NHP sought to participate in the just compensation determined by a jury as the fair-market value of certain property, which Brookwood owned and which was the subject of an underlying condemnation action. NHP’s claim was based on a contract providing for such participation in the event Brook-wood entered a sales or purchase agreement for the property within a given time frame. On appeal, NHP asserts that the circuit court erred in…