Nicole Motors, Inc. v. Edgar

PRESIDING JUSTICE MANNING

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Nicole Motors, Inc., filed for administrative review of the Secretary of State’s decision to revoke its dealer plates. The trial court reversed the administrative decision as being against the manifest weight of the evidence. We reverse the decision of the trial court.

In 1983 the Secretary of State filed a complaint and a rule to show cause at the administrative level against the plaintiff, a used car dealer, as to why its 1983 Illinois “Dealer Certificates of Authority” and dealer plates and any subsequent renewal should…