Legal Opinion
McKenzie v. Johnson
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided October 21, 1983No. 56867, 56878 consPublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Simon
Here we consider the facial constitutionality of legislation granting property tax exemptions for parsonages, fraternity and sorority houses and homestead improvements.
Plaintiff, Kurt McKenzie (McKenzie), a property taxpayer in Champaign County, filed this action in the circuit court of that county seeking a judgment declaring the tax exemptions unconstitutional and an injunction prohibiting the defendants — J. Thomas Johnson, Director of Revenue (the Director), and three members of the Champaign County board of review (the Board) — from granting or approving these exemptions in prospective…
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