Application of the County Collector v. Lowe

Justices Freeman, Fitzgerald, and Garman concurred in the judgment and opinion.

Justice Kilbride dissented, with opinion.

Justices Karmeier and Burke took no part in the decision.

OPINION

This cause is before us on remand from the United States Supreme Court for further consideration in light of Jones v. Flowers, 547 U.S. 220, 164 L. Ed. 2d 415, 126 S. Ct. 1708 (2006). We have allowed additional briefing and oral argument addressing the Supreme Court’s decision in Jones. We also have permitted the Mental Health Association in Illinois and the Mental Health Project of the University of Chicago Law…