People Ex Rel. Gutknecht v. Chicago Regional Port District

prepared the following opinion prior to his resignation and it has been adopted and filed as the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from an order of the superior court of Cook County and involves the validity of the Chicago Regional Port District Act as passed by the 1951 General Assembly and added to by the 1953 Assembly.

The State’s Attorney of Cook County filed an information in the nature of quo warranto on behalf of the People challenging the constitutionality of the act entitled, “An Act to create a Chicago Regional Port District, and to define its powers and duties,” (Ill. Rev.…