Dixon v. Village of Lombard

Disregarding the preliminary skirmishes in this case, the sole question presented in this interlocutory appeal is whether the trial court erred in refusing to grant a preliminary injunction restraining the Village of Lombard from expending public monies for a new police facility and village hall where the funds were derived from sales tax revenue.

The Village of Lombard, like several other communities in the metropolitan area of Chicago, has a large shopping complex located within its borders known as the Yorktown Shopping Center. Sales tax revenues were generated from the Yorktown Shopping…