La Grange State Bank v. Village of Glen Ellyn

PRESIDING JUSTICE INGLIS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, La Grange State Bank, as trustee for Galvin and Ruth Ann Kennedy, appeal after the trial court granted defendant’s, Village of Glen Ellyn’s (Village’s), motion for judgment at the close of plaintiffs’ case. Plaintiffs sought a declaratory judgment stating that a Village zoning ordinance invalidly prevented plaintiffs from building a single-family residence on their property. Plaintiffs also sought damages and attorney fees under the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. §1983 (1988)). The issues on appeal are whether: (1) the zoning…