Appellate Court of Illinois January 31, 1995, 1-92-3514 (Hynes v. Department of Revenue)

PRESIDING JUSTICE SCARIANO

delivered the opinion of the court:

The action before us, which is actually the consolidation of 15 separate appeals, stems from an initiative of the Cook County assessor (Assessor) in 1987, when he formed a "Railroad Task Force” and charged it with the responsibility of ensuring that all properties owned by railroads and situated in Cook County which were required to