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County of Lake v. Board of Education of Lake Bluff School District No. 65

Case Date: 11/07/2001
Court: 2nd District Appellate
Docket No: 2-00-1092 Rel

November 7, 2001

No. 2--00--1092

IN THE

APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

SECOND DISTRICT

THE COUNTY OF LAKE,

          Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF LAKE
BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 65,
Lake County,

          Defendant-Appellee

(The Regional Superintendent of
Schools of Lake County,
Intervenor and Defendant-
Appellee).

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No. 00--OV--3360








Honorable
Michael J. Fritz,
Judge, Presiding.
 

JUSTICE CALLUM delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, the County of Lake (the County), sued defendant,the Board of Education of Lake Bluff School District No. 65, LakeCounty (the Board). The County alleged that, as to one of theBoard's properties, the Board had violated the Lake County BuildingCode. The regional superintendent of schools of Lake County (theSuperintendent) intervened as a defendant. Defendants moved forsummary judgment (735 ILCS 5/2--1005 (West 2000)). They arguedthat the Board's use of the property subjected it to the IllinoisHealth/Life Safety Code for Public Schools (the Safety Code) (23Ill. Adm. Code