City of Chicago v. Prologis

State: Illinois

Docket No: 106805 Rel

Case Date: 01/22/2010

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Appellee, v. PROLOGIS et al., Appellants. Opinion filed January 22, 2010.

JUSTICE FREEMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Thomas, Kilbride, Garman, and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Burke took no part in the decision.

OPINION The circuit court of Cook County denied defendant and intervening petitioners' counterclaim for inverse condemnation. The appellate court affirmed the circuit court's denial of the counterclaim (383 Ill. App. 3d 160), and we granted defendant and intervening petitioners' leave to appeal. 210 Ill. 2d R. 315. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the appellate court. BACKGROUND In 1996, the Village of Bensenville authorized tax increment allocation financing through the issuance of tax increment financing

(TIF) bonds pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act (65 ILCS 5/11

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