AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY et al., Appellees,
v.
The VILLAGE OF ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, et al., Appellants.
Supreme Court of Illinois.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 26, 1993.
Rehearing Denied October 4, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jack M. Siegel, Altheimer & Gray, Chicago, for appellants.
Howard J. Trienens, Gerald A. Ambrose, J. Andrew Schlickman, Michelle M. Cain and John A. Heller, Sidley & Austin, and Thomas R. Phillips, O. Carey Epps, Dennis S. Pines and Timothy L. Porter, Chicago, for appellees.
Kelly R. Welsh, Corp. Counsel, and Susan S. Sher, Acting Corp. Counsel, Chicago (Lawrence Rosenthal, Benna Ruth Solomon and Lynn Kristine Mitchell, of counsel), for intervenor-appellant City of Chicago.
Beth Anne Janicki, Springfield, for amicus curiae Ill. Municipal League.
Seymour Simon, Thomas F. Geselbracht and John E. Mitchell, of Rudnick & Wolfe, Chicago, for amicus curiae Western Union ATS, Inc.
Kevin M. Forde, Ltd., Chicago (Kevin M. Forde and Katrina Veerhusen, of counsel), for amicus curiae Ill. Telephone Assoc.
Boyd J. Springer and Thomas P. McNulty, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Chicago, for amicus curiae Ill. Chapter, Nat. Assoc. of Water Companies.
Herbert D. Hill, Asst. Corp. Counsel, of Evanston, for amicus curiae City of Evanston.
Mark C. Goldenberg, City Atty., Granite City, for amicus curiae City of Granite City.
John P. Kelliher, Chicago, for amicus curiae Ill. Commerce Com'n.
Erwin W. Jentsch, Michael R. Gehrman and William A. Cogley, Elgin, for amicus curiae City of Elgin.
Robert J. Alfton, Minneapolis, MN, Joseph I. Mulligan, Morris & Quinn, Boston, MA, Robert J. Mangier, Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, Chicago, Joseph N. De Raismes, Boulder, Co, Frank B. Gummey III, Daytona Beach, FL, Benjamin L. Brown, Michael P. Moss and Donna Clemons-Sacks, Washington, DC, Analeslie Muncy, Fielding, Barrett & Taylor, Fort Worth, TX, David Caylor, City Atty., El Paso, TX, Frederick S. Dean, City Atty., Tucson, AZ, James H. Epps III, City Atty., Johnson City, TN, Neal M. Janey, City Sol., Baltimore, MD, Iris J. Jones, City Atty., Prairie View, Small, Craig & Werkenthin, Austin, TX, Victor J. Kaleta, City Atty., Pasadena, CA, William J. Kearns, Township Sol., Willingboro, NJ, Patricia A. Lynch, City Atty., Reno, NV, Robert J. Watson, City Atty., Overland Park, KS, and John J. Zimmermann, Park Ridge, for amicus curiae Nat. Institute of Municipal Law Officers.
Supreme Court of Illinois.
Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:
The question presented by this case is whether municipal governments can extort toll charges or franchise fees for the crossing of public ways. They cannot. The factual context of this case is that AT & T is laying an underground fiber optic cable along an 85-mile line in northern Illinois between Glenview and Rockford. The line is being laid along railroad right-of...
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