General Motors Corp. v. Pappas

Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

The core issue in this appeal is whether plaintiff taxpayers are entitled to judgment interest under section 2 — 1303 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2— 1303 (West 2006)) on fixed judgments of outstanding interest owed under section 23 — 20 of the Property Tax Code (Code) (35 ILCS 200/23 — 20 (West 2006)). For the reasons that follow, we hold that judgment interest may be awarded pursuant to section 2 — 1303 on the set amount of interest that is owed to…