City of Springfield v. Allphin

This case involves a dispute over the recovery of interest allegedly due the plaintiffs in two cases consolidated in the appellate court arising as a result of this court’s decision in City of Springfield v. Allphin (1978), 74 Ill. 2d 117. After consolidation in the appellate court, the consolidated case was transferred to this court pursuant to our Rule 302(b) (73 Ill. 2d R. 302(b)). The issue now before us in whether under our holding in City of Springfield v. Allphin an award of interest is authorized. We hold it is not.

In City of Springfield v. Allphin, we held that the act reducing from…