Legal Opinion
City of Chicago v. St. John's United Church of Christ
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 16, 2010No. 2-10-0131PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLAREN
These cases arise out of the City of Chicago’s condemnation of St. Johannes Cemetery, exercised in the course of expanding O’Hare Airport. In the eminent-domain action, case No. 07 — ED—59, defendant, St. John’s United Church of Christ, which owned the cemetery, and several hundred relatives of those buried at St. Johannes, sought, via a traverse and motion to dismiss, to prevent the condemnation and destruction of the cemetery. In case No. 09 — CH— 4483, Florence Anderson and 67 other individuals with religious and property rights in the graves of ancestors buried in the cemetery sought…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Taylor v. SturgellSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Richards v. Jefferson CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- River Park, Inc. v. City of Highland ParkIllinois Supreme Court · 1998
- St. John's United Church of Christ v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
- Nowak v. St. Rita High SchoolIllinois Supreme Court · 2001
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