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Tri-State Coach Lines, Inc. v. Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority

Case Date: 06/30/2000
Court: 1st District Appellate
Docket No: 1-98-3322

30 June 2000
THIRD DIVISION

No. 1--98--3322



TRI-STATE COACH LINES, INC., et al.,

Plaintiffs-Appellants,
Cross-Appellees,

v.

METROPOLITAN PIER AND EXPOSITION
AUTHORITY, a body politic and
municipal corporation,

Defendant-Appellee,
Cross-Appellant.

Appeal from the
Circuit Court of
CookCounty.






Honorable
John A. Ward,
Judge Presiding.


JUSTICE BURKE delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs Tri-State Coach Lines, Inc., and certified membersof Class B(1) and Class B(2) (Class B), appeal from an order of thecircuit court granting summary judgment against them and in favorof defendant Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA) ina class action lawsuit filed by plaintiffs, ultimately certified bythe court as Class A and Class B members, who sought, inter alia,a declaration determining whether MPEA's imposition of an airportdeparture tax on plaintiffs' ground transportation servicesviolated section 14505(2) of the Interstate Commerce CommissionTermination Act of 1995 (49 U.S.C.