Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 508 v. Burris

The plaintiff, the Board of Trustees of Community College District No.. 508 (the College), brought an action in the circuit court of Cook County seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the Comptroller of the State of Illinois, Roland W. Burris, and the Director of the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, Michael T. Woelffer (the Director). The plaintiff, which operates the City Colleges of Chicago, alleged that it was entitled to reimbursement under the State Mandates Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 85, par. 2201 et seq.) for funds it had expended in fiscal years 1982 and…