Legal Opinion
Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation v. John B. Filan, Director, Illinois Governor's Office of Management and Budget
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 22, 2004No. 04-2277PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit to enjoin the State of Illinois from enforcing a demand that the plaintiff foundation turn over $125 million of its assets to the state. This is not a tax, but a taking. Brown v. Legal Foundation of Washington, 538 U.S. 216, 233-35, 123 S.Ct. 1406, 155 L.Ed.2d 376 (2003). The district court granted summary judgment for the plaintiff, ruling that the demand if enforced would be a taking of private property for public use without just compensation, and therefore unconstitutional; and the state appeals.
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