Granite City Moose Lodge No. 272 v. Kramer

Plaintiff, Granite City Moose Lodge No. 272, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel John D. Kramer, Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation (State), and the city of Granite City, to institute eminent domain proceedings to compensate plaintiff for the alleged taking and damaging of its property. Pursuant to pretrial motions filed by the State and the city, the circuit court of Madison County dismissed the petition. A divided appellate court, in a Rule 23 order (87 Ill. 2d R. 23), affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s petition against the city, but reversed the…