The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce v. Pappas

              1This alternative exemption has subsequently expired pursuant to its sunset provision, but
has been substantially reenacted, effective October 1, 2007.
SIXTH DIVISION
December 14, 2007
No. 1-05-1488
THE CHICAGOLAND CHAMBER OF )
COMMERCE, an Illinois not-for-profit ) Appeal from the
corporation; THE CHICAGO DEVELOPMENT ) Circuit Court of Cook
COUNCIL, an Illinois not-for-profit association; ) County, Illinois, County
THE BUILDING OWNERS AND MANAGERS ) Department, Chancery
ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO, an Illinois ) Division.
not-for-profit corporation; FRANK ORSINI;)
BARBARA CELLINI; CHRIS JACKSON; )
TRACY HELDT; DAVID O’DONNELL )
EUGENE BERNSHTEYN; RONALD SMOLEN; ) No. 04 CH 16874
MARK REESE; MICHAEL HARLEY; JOHN )
CASHMAN; ALBERT HANNA; and ANTHONY )
MORELLI, ))
Honorable Sophia Hall,
Plaintiffs-Appellants, ) Judge Presiding.
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v. )
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MARIA PAPPAS, Treasurer and Collector of )
Cook County, Illinois; DAVID ORR, Clerk of )
Cook County, Illinois; JAMES M. Houlihan, )
Assessor of Cook County, Illinois; and )
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE,)
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Defendants-Appellees. )
JUSTICE JOSEPH GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:
This case arises out of an effort by the General Assembly, in July 2004, to provide
property tax relief through the enactment of an alternative homestead exemption.1 Plaintiffs, the