Legal Opinion
Burns v. Regional Transportation Authority
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 30, 1982No. 82-0772PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilson
This action consolidates six complaints filed by persons who purchased July 1981 monthly passes from the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to contest ordinances of the CTA and Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) whereby transit fare increases affected July monthly pass holders. Plaintiffs contend that their monthly passes were contracts which entitled them, in all events and regardless of intervening fare increases, to unlimited use of CTA service for the month of July at the original price charged for their passes.
On November 7, 1979, the Chicago Transit Board (the governing body of the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. JenningsIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- Katamay v. Chicago Transit AuthorityIllinois Supreme Court · 1972
- Illinois Central Railroad v. CopelandIllinois Supreme Court · 1860
- Illinois Central Railroad v. O'KeefeIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Board of Education of City of Chicago v. Chicago Teachers UnionIllinois Supreme Court · 1981
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Skelton v. Chicago Transit AuthorityAppellate Court of Illinois · 1991
- Barton v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2001
- S & D Service, Inc. v. 915-925 W. Schubert Condominium Ass'nAppellate Court of Illinois · 1985
- Village of Grandview v. City of SpringfieldAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984
- Pence v. Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad CorporationAppellate Court of Illinois · 2010
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