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ILLINOIS OFFICIAL REPORTS
Appellate Court

Carr v. Koch, 2011 IL App (4th) 110117

Appellate Court Caption

PAUL CARR and RON NEWELL, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHRISTOPHER KOCH, State Superintendent of Education; THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION; and PATRICK J. QUINN, Governor of the State of Illinois, Defendants-Appellees.

District & No.

Fourth District Docket No. 4-11-0117 September 21, 2011 October 28, 2011 An action seeking a declaration that the Illinois education funding system found in section18-8.05 of the School Code violated the equal protection clause in the Illinois Constitution was properly dismissed on the grounds that plaintiffs' claim of higher tax rates was not fairly traceable to defendant's actions and that plaintiffs lacked standing.

Argued Filed Held
(Note: This syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader.)

Decision Under Review

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon County, No.10-MR-169; the Hon. Patrick J. Londrigan, Judge, presiding.

Judgment

Affirmed.

Counsel on Appeal

Donald M. Craven, of Donald M. Craven, P.C., of Springfield, Scott R. Lassar, Tacy F. Flint (argued), and Jason M. Adler, all of Sidley Austin LLP, and Alexander Polikoff, of Business & Professional People for Public Interest, both of Chicago, for appellant. Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, of Chicago (Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, and Paul Berks (argued), Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellees.

Panel

JUSTICE TURNER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Appleton and Cook concurred in the judgment and opinion.

OPINION

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