Legal Opinion
In re Petition to Call Election
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided November 20, 1972No. 56394PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG
delivered the opinion of the court:
A number of electors filed a petition to incorporate the City of Prospect Heights and for the holding of an election on that question. Objections to the petition were duly filed by two villages, a park district and certain individual property owners. The gist of the objections is that the petition failed to allege that no part of the territory of the proposed city was within one mile of the boundary of any existing municipality which had not consented to the proposed incorporation. The parties stipulated that a portion of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Droste v. KernerIllinois Supreme Court · 1966
- Pinkstaff v. Pennsylvania RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1964
- City of Chicago v. VokesIllinois Supreme Court · 1963
- Board of Education v. Community High School District Number 211Appellate Court of Illinois · 1967
- People Ex Rel. Republican-Reporter Corp. v. HolmesAppellate Court of Illinois · 1968
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Seeking to Incorporate Frankfort Square v. Village of FrankfortAppellate Court of Illinois · 1988
- In Re Proposed IncorporationAppellate Court of Illinois · 1988