People Ex Rel. Skokie Town House Builders, Inc. v. Village of Morton Grove

Decided March 20, 1959. Byron O. House wrote the opinion for the court.

157 N.E.2d 33 · Cited 78 times

Official text

Read the full opinion (CourtListener)

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• City of Aurora v. Burns · 149 N.E. 784
• Western Theological Seminary v. City of Evanston · 156 N.E. 778
• Fifteen Fifty North State Building Corp. v. City of Chicago · 155 N.E.2d 97
• Father Basil's Lodge, Inc. v. City of Chicago · 65 N.E.2d 805
• Kinney v. City of Joliet · 103 N.E.2d 473

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• PASSALINO v. City of Zion · 928 N.E.2d 814
• Love Church v. City of Evanston · 671 F. Supp. 515
• Chicago Joe's Tea Room, LLC v. Village of Broadview · 894 F.3d 807
• 1350 Lake Shore Associates v. Healey · 861 N.E.2d 944
• Maryland Reclamation Associates, Inc. v. Harford County · 994 A.2d 842
• People Ex Rel. National Bank of Austin v. County of Cook · 206 N.E.2d 441
• Sgro v. Howarth · 203 N.E.2d 173
• Kordick Plumbing and Heating Company v. Sarcone · 190 N.W.2d 115
• Kermeen v. City of Peoria · 382 N.E.2d 1374
• Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. City of Harvey · 30 Ill. 2d 237
• Ritter v. Village of Morton Grove · 388 N.E.2d 968
• Chicago National League Ball Club, Inc. v. Thompson · 483 N.E.2d 1245
• Pioneer Trust & Savings Bank v. County of Cook · 377 N.E.2d 21
• Cos Corp. v. City of Evanston · 190 N.E.2d 364
• City of Rockford v. Grayned · 263 N.E.2d 866
• Commercial Mortgage & Finance Co. v. City of Rockford · 62 Ill. App. 2d 160
• Chicago Joe's Tea Room, LLC v. Village of Broadview
• Chicago Joe's Tea Room, LLC v. Village of Broadview

Explore from here

Byron O. House’s Judicial Record · Ill. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).