People v. Cherry Valley Public Library District

Defendant, the Cherry Valley Public Library District (District), appeals the judgment of the circuit court of Boone County granting summary judgment in favor of plaintiff, the State of Illinois. The present action was initiated when the State filed a quo warranto action chailenging the District’s authority to annex territory in southwestern Boone County. The trial court held that the annexation was not authorized by section 15 — 15 of the Public Library District Act of 1991 (Act) (75 ILCS 16/15 — 15 (West 2002)) and that the notice of the annexation published by the District was defective…