Legal Opinion
Friends of Parks v. Chicago Park District
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided February 21, 2003No. 93852PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kilbride
Plaintiffs, Friends of the Parks, together with 11 individual members of that organization and the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois, sued the Chicago Park District (Park District), the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority (Authority), the Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc. (Bears), the Chicago Bears Stadium L.L.C. (Stadium), and the City of Chicago (City) seeking a declaratory judgment that section 3 of the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Act (Act) (70 ILCS 3205/1 et seq. (West 2000)), as amended by Public Act 91 — 0935, eff. June 1, 2001, is unconstitutional. Defendants filed a…
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