Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. J. C. Penney Properties, Inc. v. Village of Oak Lawn
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 20, 1976No. 62217PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dempsey
The plaintiff, J. C. Penney Properties, Inc., owned 24 acres of land at 111th Street and Cicero Avenue in the Village of Oak Lawn. It desired to sell a part of the property and petitioned the Village Board of Trustees to subdivide its acreage into three lots. The board refused and Penney brought this mandamus action. The trial court granted the writ and the Village appeals.
The events leading up to this appeal were these: In June 1973 Penney informally asked the board whether it would approve a three-parcel resubdivision of the land it owned in Oak Lawn. A resolution unanimously adopted by the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Kitt v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1953
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