An Illinois board's emergency order to enter a unit for mold testing was reversed in two weeks
An Illinois board's emergency order to enter a unit for mold testing was reversed in two weeks
2026-09-10 · Illinois · Courts
What happened. On July 13, 2026 the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, Fifth Division, reversed a temporary restraining order in Board of Directors of 50 East Bellevue Condominium Ass'n v. Quaid, 2026 IL App (1st) 261251-U. It is a Rule 23 order and is not precedential.1
It was an expedited Rule 307(a)(1) interlocutory appeal, decided roughly two weeks after the order below — which is itself the story.
What the board sought
A TRO compelling a unit owner to admit the board and its agents into his unit for mold testing.
Why it was reversed
Three grounds, each independently sufficient:
- No emergency and no irreparable harm was shown.
- The order was a mandatory injunction that did not preserve the status quo — it changed it, by compelling conduct.
- It granted the ultimate relief sought in the complaint.
The court also noted the unusual posture: both sides had filed competing suits and injunction motions, and it faulted the trial court for addressing only one party's request. It declined to reach the bond question under 735 ILCS 5/11-103, and declined to dismiss for an incomplete record because the issues were resolvable on the common-law record.
The structural problem with an access TRO
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