Supreme Court of Illinois

In a dispute arising from a demolition order entered pursuant to a state statutory provision contained in section 11-31-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code, a ruling that the Municipal Code provision was unconstitutional as a denial of due process is reversed where the statute was valid under the police power. Nevertheless, the demolition order is vacated as it was unsupported by evidence establishing the property's current value, as a prerequisite to a ruling on whether or not the building was repairable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/20/2004
• Published 02/12/2007

Judges

• Justice GARMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John M. Mullen, Libertyville, for appellant., Mara S. Georges, Corporation Counsel, Chicago (Lawrence Resenthal, Benna Ruth Solomon and Erica M. Landsberg, of counsel), for amicus curiae City of Chicago., Roger Huebner, Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois Municipal League.