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City of Chicago v. Holland

Case Date: 12/31/1969
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: 90585 Rel

Docket No. 90585-Agenda 22-November 2001.

THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Appellee, v. WILLIAM G. 
HOLLAND, Auditor General of the State of Illinois, Appellant.

Opinion filed June 19, 2003.

JUSTICE RARICK delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1995 the General Assembly amended section 3-1 of theIllinois State Auditing Act (Auditing Act) (30 ILCS 5/3-1 (West2000)) to include a provision directing the Auditor General of theState of Illinois to conduct a compliance and management audit ofthe City of Chicago (City) and any other entity regarding theoperation of O'Hare International Airport (O'Hare), MidwayAirport (Midway), and Merrill C. Meigs Field (Meigs)(collectively, the airports). When the Auditor General attemptedperform an audit under authority of that amendment, the Citysought declaratory and injunctive relief in the circuit court of CookCounty to prevent the audit from proceeding. On the parties'respective cross-motions for summary judgment, the trial courtentered judgment for the City and against the Auditor General,holding that the amendment violated article VIII, section 3, of theIllinois Constitution of 1970 (Ill. Const. 1970, art. VIII,