Citizens Organizing Project v. Department of Natural Resources: Supremes define reasonable litigation expense when administrative rule is invalidated
By Robert T. Lawley
Environmental and Natural Resources Law,
January 2001
In the recently decided case of Citizens Organizing Project v. Department of Natural Resources, 189 Ill. 2d 593, ...N.E. 2d ..., ... Ill. Dec. ..., 2000 WL 46033 (Jan. 21, 2000) (No. 86878), rehearing denied (Apr. 3, 2000), the Illinois Supreme Court broadly interpreted Section 10-55(c) of the Administrative Procedure Act, ruling that a party who causes an administrative rule to be invalidated by a court is entitled to all of the party's reasonable litigation expenses incurred throughout the action.
Citizens Organizing Project v. Department of Natural Resources: Supremes define reasonable litigation expense when administrative rule is invalidated
By Robert T. Lawley
Administrative Law,
July 2000
In the recently decided case of Citizens Organizing Project v. Department of Natural Resources, 189 Ill. 2d 593, __N.E. 2d __, __ Ill. Dec. __, 2000 WL 46033 (Jan. 21, 2000) (No. 86878), rehearing denied (Apr. 3, 2000), the Illinois Supreme Court broadly interpreted section 10-55(c) of the Administrative Procedure Act, ruling that a party who causes an administrative rule to be invalidated by a court is entitled to all of the party's reasonable litigation expenses incurred throughout the action.
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