People Ex Rel. Village of Lake Bluff v. City of North Chicago

Petitioners Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children (Shriners) and Rossman Danner Company et al. (Rossman Danner) appeal from the order of the trial court denying their petitions to intervene in an action between the plaintiff, the Village of Lake Bluff (Lake Bluff), and the defendant, the City of North Chicago (North Chicago). At issue is whether the petitioners have a right to intervene in an action between Lake Bluff and North Chicago which resulted in a consent decree incorporating an intergovernmental boundary agreement between the two municipalities pursuant to section 11 — 12—9 of the…