Paepcke v. Public Building Commission

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• members of the public, at least taxpayers who are beneficiaries of a trust created for the benefit of the public, have the right and standing to enforce it
• Court should be skeptical of governmental conduct allocating resource to the self interest of private parties
• see also People ex rel. Hamer v. Board of Education, 22 Ill. App. 3d 130, 133 (1974); Lynch v. Devine, 45 Ill. App. 3d 743, 750 (1977)
• applying the doctrine to Chicago’s Washington and Douglas parks
• applying the doctrine to Chicago’s Washington and Douglas parks
• overruling the prior, contrary rule

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