Sommer v. Village of Glenview

The plaintiffs, Bernard I. Sommer, Mary Jane Lee and Julia S. Sommer, filed a complaint for a declaratory judgment and a petition for a writ of mandamus in the circuit court of Cook County on March 23, 1979. The relief sought by the plaintiffs was, inter alia, a writ of mandamus commanding the defendants, the village of Glenview, the board of trustees, the village clerk and the village manager, to present a proposition to the voters of the village which, if passed, would lower the maximum property tax rate applicable to the next taxes to be extended. The plaintiffs also requested the court to…