City of Chicago v. American National Bank & Trust Co.

Defendants, owners of an adult bookstore, are appealing from the circuit court’s holding that they were estopped from filing a traverse or otherwise contesting the entry of a proposed judgment order that had been signed by their previous attorney. The result of the order was that plaintiff city of Chicago’s suit for condemnation of defendants’ commercial premises was successful.

In 1977, the city of Chicago enacted an Adult Use Ordinance that restricts the location of adult bookstores to areas of the city that are zoned C-2. The premises formerly occupied by defendant, 400 South State Street,…