Marshall v. The County of Cook

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Fees
Citation
Case Number: 
2016 IL App (1st) 142864
Decision Date: 
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co., 2d Div.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
HYMAN

Plaintiff sued county, alleging county misused funds collected from litigation fees by failing to use them for purposes stated in enabling statutes. The enabling statutes do not provide for a private cause of action, and in absence of evidence of Plaintiff's personal liability to replentish public revenues depleted by alleged misuse, Plaintiff lacks standing to bring a taxpayer lawsuit.(PIERCE and SIMON, concurring.)