CORYN v. CITY OF MOLINE

No. 50005.

71 Ill.2d 194 (1978)

374 N.E.2d 211

JOSEPH B. CORYN, Appellant, v. THE CITY OF MOLINE et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Walker and James J. Coryn, of Rock Island (Coryn, Walker & Meehan, of counsel), for appellant.

Stuart R. Lefstein, of Rock Island (Katz, McAndrews, Durkee & Telleen, of counsel), for appellees.

Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, of Chicago (Arthur C. Thorpe and Terrence M. Barnicle, of counsel), and Pfeifer & Kelty, of Springfield, for amicus curiae the Illinois Municipal League.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves the power of home rule units "to levy or impose additional taxes upon areas within their boundaries in the manner provided by law for the provision of special services to those areas and for the payment of debt incurred in order to provide those special services" pursuant to section 6(l)(2) of article VII of our constitution (Ill. Const. 1970, art. VII, sec....

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