People ex rel. Ryan ex rel. Douglas v. IBP, Inc.

The defendant-appellant, IBE| Inc., was granted leave by this court to file an interlocutory appeal pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (155 111. 2d R. 308) of the Rock Island County circuit court’s denial of its motion to dismiss counts I and III of the plaintiff-appellee Illinois Attorney General’s (State’s) complaint for failure to plead sufficient facts. The certified question we must answer is whether a plaintiff in a case filed in circuit court alleging a violation of section 9(a) of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/9(a) (West 1998)) must plead facts regarding the…