Legal Opinion

Spalding v. City of Granite City

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 26, 1953No. 32874PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hershey

This is a direct appeal from an order of the circuit court of Madison County entered in an action for declaratory judgment on March 30, 1953, wherein sections 60-12 through 60-18 of the Revised Cities and Villages Act were held to be constitutional. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1951, chap. '24, pars. 60-12 to 60-18.

The plaintiff, a resident of the former city of Nameoki, now a part of Granite City, a property owner, taxpayer, and a prospective user of the sewer system, filed this complaint seeking a declaratory judgment to determine the constitutionality of these sections by which the city of Granite City…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. The People v. DeatherageIllinois Supreme Court · 1948
  2. Hansen v. RaleighIllinois Supreme Court · 1945
  3. Louisville & Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer Dist. v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1948
  4. Carson v. Brockton Sewerage CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  5. Marallis v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1932

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Underground Contractors Ass'n v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Kujawinski v. KujawinskiIllinois Supreme Court · 1978
  3. Smith v. HillIllinois Supreme Court · 1958
  4. S. Bloom, Inc. v. KorshakIllinois Supreme Court · 1972
  5. Hoffmann v. ClarkIllinois Supreme Court · 1977

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