American National Bank & Trust Co. v. Village of Oak Lawn

Plaintiffs, Edward J. and Joan A. McNamara, who are the beneficial owners of land held in trust by plaintiff, American National Bank & Trust Company of Chicago, applied to the Village of Oak Lawn (village) for rezoning of the subject property from an R-l, single-family, to an R-3, multifamily, zoning classification. The village denied their request for rezoning and plaintiffs filed an action in the circuit court of Cook County seeking to have the existing zoning classification declared invalid and unconstitutional as applied to their property. The circuit court held in favor of plaintiffs.…