Inland Steel Mortgage Acceptance Corp. v. Carlson

Plaintiff, Inland Steel Mortgage Acceptance Corporation, a Delaware corporation, appeals from the order of the circuit court of Du Page County dismissing its three-count complaint for declaratory judgment against defendant, Richard J. Carlson, Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), because the circuit court did not have subject matter jurisdiction over the action.

Plaintiff raises the following issue for our review: whether the trial court has subject matter jurisdiction to entertain plaintiff's action challenging the IEPA’s authority to use void planning boundaries…