People Ex Rel. Burris v. Progressive Land Developers, Inc.

Appellant, the Illinois Attorney General, appeals the dismissal of an action filed against appellee, Progressive Land Developers, Inc. (Progressive), attempting to recover charitable assets on a theory of unjust enrichment. The chancery lawsuit was brought in the circuit court of Cook County to impose a constructive trust on the assets titled to Progressive. Progressive filed a section 2— 619 motion (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 110, par. 2 — 619) to dismiss the Attorney General’s action alleging that the unjust enrichment suit was barred by res judicata, laches, estoppel and the statute of…