Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. Fox

The plaintiff, the Illinois Bell Telephone Company, instituted statutory certiorari proceedings in the circuit court of Cook County against the defendants, the members of of the zoning board of appeals and the commissioner of buildings of the city of Chicago, seeking the reversal of a decision of the board of appeals (1) denying its original application for approval of a special use of certain described property for a telephone exchange building and (2) affirming a decision of the commissioner of buildings denying its application for a building permit. Eighteen interested property owners…