*1 2017 IL 120448 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS (Docket No. 120448) DOLJIN CHULTEM et al. , Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. TICOR TITLE INSURANCE

COMPANY et al ., Appellees and Cross-Appellants. Opinion filed May 18, 2017.

PER CURIAM

OPINION ¶ 1 In this case, one Justice of this court has recused himself, and the remaining

members of the court are divided so that it is not possible to secure the constitutionally required concurrence of four judges for a decision (see Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI, § 3). Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. The effect of this dismissal is the same as an affirmance by an equally divided court of the decision under review but is of no precedential value. See Perlman v. First National Bank of Chicago , 60 Ill. 2d 529, 530 (1975).

¶ 2 THOMAS, J., took no part.