Phillips 66 Co. v. Edgar

PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

On July 31, 1985, plaintiff Phillips 66 Company (formerly Phillips Chemical Company), a subsidiary of Phillips Petroleum Company, filed suit in the circuit court of Sangamon County seeking (1) to enjoin the Secretary of State and State Treasurer from transferring into the State’s general fund additional license fees and annual franchise taxes it had paid under protest; and (2) to require return to plaintiff of all or part of the sums paid under protest. By agreement of the parties, temporary and preliminary injunctive relief was…