Granite City Lodge No. 272 v. City of Granite City

The issue in this case is whether the time for filing a notice of appeal is tolled until the parties receive actual notice of an order disposing of a post-trial motion. We hold that actual notice is not required, so long as the order appealed from was expressed publicly, in words and at the situs of the proceeding.

Defendant, the City of Granite City, filed with the fifth district of the appellate court, a motion for extension of time to file a notice of appeal. (107 Ill. 2d R. 303(e).) The appellate court denied the motion based on a lack of jurisdiction. We granted defendant’s petition for…