Archer Daniels Midland Co. v. City of Chicago

FIFTH DIVISION

Filed: 12/31/97

No. 1-96-3861

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY; BEST ) APPEAL FROM THE

FOODS, a unit of CPC International, ) CIRCUIT COURT OF

Inc.; FORD MOTOR COMPANY; LTV STEEL ) COOK COUNTY

COMPANY; and PRECOAT METALS DIVISION )

of SEQUA CORPORATION, ))

Plaintiffs-Appellants, ))

v. ))

CITY OF CHICAGO; PEOPLES GAS LIGHT AND )

COKE COMPANY; and JUDITH C. RICE, )

Revenue Director of the City of Chicago, ) HONORABLE) ALEXANDER P. WHITE,

Defendants-Appellees. ) JUDGE PRESIDING.

PRESIDING JUSTICE HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

We are called upon in this appeal to determine whether the…