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DUNNE v. COUNTY OF COOK

No. 83-661.

123 Ill. App.3d 468 (1984)

462 N.E.2d 970

GEORGE W. DUNNE, President of the Board of Commissioners and Chief Executive Officer of the County of Cook, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. THE COUNTY OF COOK, Defendant (Carl H. Hansen et al., Defendants-Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed April 12, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome H. Torshen and James T. Ryan, Special State's Attorneys, and Timothy R. Conway, of Greenberger, Krauss & Jacobs, Chartered, both of Chicago (Abigail K. Spreyer, of counsel), for appellants.

Jerold S. Solovy, Special State's Attorney, and Barry Sullivan and Joel T. Pelz, both of Jenner & Block, both of Chicago, for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE JIGANTI delivered the opinion of the court:

The president of the county board of Cook County possesses the statutory authority to veto ordinances enacted by the county board. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 34, par. 908.) Also pursuant to statute, four-fifths of the members elected to the board may pass an ordinance over the president's veto. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 34, par. 908.) On January 17, 1983, the board approved an ordinance...

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