Inland Real Estate Corp. v. Village of Palatine

PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal, we granted the application under Supreme Court Rule 308 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 110A, par. 308) of defendant Village of Palatine (Palatine) which sought reversal of an interlocutory order directing it to file applications with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) for approval of both its acquisition of the Ferndale Heights Utility Company (Ferndale) 1 and its proposed water rates for Ferndale’s former customers.

The facts are largely undisputed. Palatine purchased the plant and facilities of Ferndale, which were…