Legal Opinion
Soo Line Railroad v. Hynes
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 16, 1994No. 1—92—3514PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE SCARIANO
delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff Soo Line Railroad Co. filed a complaint in circuit court, seeking to enjoin defendant Cook County Assessor Thomas C. Hynes from assessing certain real estate it owned in Cook County, maintaining that it was subject to being assessed only by the State Department of Revenue (Department). It joined other county officials as defendants in order to prevent them from levying and collecting the taxes which it argued would be the unlawful result of illegal assessments.
It grounded its alleged entitlement to injunctive relief in…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Fumarolo v. Chicago Board of EducationIllinois Supreme Court · 1990
- Castaneda v. Illinois Human Rights CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1989
- Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. AllphinIllinois Supreme Court · 1975
- Hickey v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1966
- People v. SingletonIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Tri-State Coach Lines, Inc. v. Metropolitan Pier & Exposition AuthorityAppellate Court of Illinois · 2000
- Akmakjian v. Department of Professional RegulationAppellate Court of Illinois · 1997
- Hynes v. Department of RevenueAppellate Court of Illinois · 1995
- Akmakjian v. Department of Professional RegulationAppellate Court of Illinois · 1997
- Tri-State Coach Lines, Inc. v. Metropolitan Pier & Exposition AuthorityAppellate Court of Illinois · 2000