Legal Opinion
Carlson v. Village of Worth
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided February 5, 1976No. 47334PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Schaefer
This case concerns the authority of a non-home-rule municipality to superimpose the requirements of its own “environmental protection ordinance” upon the holder of a permit for the operation of a sanitary landfill issued by the State Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act. On June 9, 1971, the plaintiff, Harry A. Carlson, obtained a permit from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency which authorized him to install and operate a sanitary landfill within the Village of Worth, a non-home-rule municipality. On June 22, 1971, the Village enacted its…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Arnolt v. City of Highland ParkIllinois Supreme Court · 1972
- O'CONNOR v. City of RockfordIllinois Supreme Court · 1972
- City of Chicago v. Pollution Control BoardIllinois Supreme Court · 1974
- American Smelting & Refining Co. v. County of KnoxIllinois Supreme Court · 1974
- Carlson v. Village of WorthAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974
3Cited by47 opinions
- Landfill, Inc. v. Pollution Control BoardIllinois Supreme Court · 1979
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