Legal Opinion
Seeking to Incorporate Liberty Lakes v. Village of Lindenhurst
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 1987No. 64772PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Simon
The question to be answered here is whether a statute requiring two defined determinations by the county board of certain counties as a precondition to the incorporation of villages represents an unlawful delegation of judicial power. The answer is no.
Petitioners seeking to incorporate the village of Liberty Lakes (incorporators) filed a petition in the circuit court of Lake County to incorporate under section 2— 3 — 5a of the Municipal Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 24, par. 2—3—5a). Incorporators also requested the Lake County board to make certain determinations required by section 2 —…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- La Salle National Bank v. County of CookIllinois Supreme Court · 1957
- Harris v. Manor Healthcare Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1986
- People Ex Rel. County of Du Page v. LoweIllinois Supreme Court · 1967
- Artz v. Commercial Nat. Bank of PeoriaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1970
- People Ex Rel. Landwer v. Village of North BarringtonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1968
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Seeking to Incorporate Frankfort Square v. Village of FrankfortAppellate Court of Illinois · 1988
- In re Petition to Call an Election on the Question of Incorporating the Forest KnollAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987
- In Re Proposed IncorporationAppellate Court of Illinois · 1988
- In re Proposed Incorporation of Village of Homer GlenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1997
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