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· 11/15/1976

Homefinders, Inc. v. City of Evanston

Citations

  • 357 N.E.2d 785
  • 65 Ill. 2d 115
  • 2 Ill. Dec. 565
  • 1976 Ill. LEXIS 413

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a complaint filed under the Administrative Review Law’s predecessor, where the Administrative Review Law’s predecessor did not apply, was sufficient to warrant treatment as a common-law writ of certiorari
  • “administrative bodies have only such powers as are conferred upon them by statute or ordinance”
  • “even though the administrative agency’s decision was not subject to review under the provisions of the Administrative Review Act, it was nevertheless reviewable by common law certiorari”
  • “administrative bodies have only such powers as are conferred upon them by statute or ordinance”
  • “[t]he requirements of due process are met if the decision-making board considers the evidence contained in the report of proceedings before the hearing officer and bases its determinations thereon”
  • “even though the administrative agency’s decision was not subject to review under the provisions of the Administrative Review Act, it was nevertheless reviewable by common law certiorari”

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Judges: Underwood

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