Board of Trustees of the Mokena Community Public Library District v. Village of Tinley Park

The petitioner, the Board of Trustees of the Mokena Community Public Library District (Library District), appeals a trial court order permitting the disconnection of a parcel of land from its territory pursuant to an annexation by the respondent, the Village of Tinley Park (Village). At issue is whether the Public Library District Act of 1991 (75 ILCS 16/1—1 et seq. (West 1994) (Act)) absolutely prohibits disconnections that render library district territory noncontiguous. For the reasons that follow, we hold that it does not.

This case arose following passage of the Village’s ordinance that…