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WILSON v. COOK COUNTY

No. 1-08-1202.

943 N.E.2d 768 (2011)

Matthew D. WILSON, Troy Edhlund, and Joseph Messineo, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COOK COUNTY, a Public Body and Corporate, Todd Stroger, Board President, in His Official Capacity, and its Board of Commissioners in Their Official Capacities, namely: Earlean Collins, Robert Steele, Jerry Butler, William M. Beavers, Deborah Sims, Joan Patricia Murphy, Joseph Mario Moreno, Robert Maldonado, Peter N. Silvestri, Mike Quigley, John P. Daley, Forest Claypool, Larry Suffredin, Gregg Goslin, Timothy O. Schneider, Anthony J. Peraica, Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman, and Thomas Dart, Sheriff of Cook County, in his Official Capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

February 9, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor D. Quilici, River Grove, IL, Eric Swanson, Joliet, IL, Edward Ronkowski, Mokena, IL, Patrick Cummings, Ciardelli & Cummings, Chicago, IL (Stephen P. Hallbrook, Fairfax, VA, of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Anita Alvarez, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago, IL (Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Deputy State's Attorney, Paula A. Castiglione, Marilyn Fusco Schlesinger, Asst. State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees.

Justice MURPHY delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

This appeal arises from the dismissal of plaintiffs' (Matthew D. Wilson, Troy Edhlund, and Joseph Messineo) amended complaint seeking declaratory judgment and injunctive relief against defendants (Cook County, the Cook County commissioners, and Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart). Specifically, plaintiffs sought a declaration that the Blair Holt Assault Weapons Ban (Cook County Ordinance No. 06-O-50 (Nov...

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