Supreme Court of Illinois

In a class action where plaintiffs paid real estate taxes in duplicate by mistake, once directly and once through their lenders, and the county treasurer refused to make repayment, relief is denied where the voluntary payment doctrine precludes these plaintiffs from receiving a refund absent statutory authority.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/17/2008
• Published 04/17/2008

Judges

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael W. Rathsack, Chicago (Richard A. Ginsburg, Theodore J. Schmidt, Steven A. Salzman and Timothy E. Moran, of counsel), for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Michael C. Prinzi and Paul A. Castiglione, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellee.