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QUINN v. DONNEWALD

No. 61631.

107 Ill.2d 179 (1985)

483 N.E.2d 216

PATRICK QUINN et al., Appellants, v. JAMES H. DONNEWALD, State Treasurer, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 27, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Quinn, pro se, and Joel R. Monarch, of Chicago, for appellants.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Jill Wine-Banks, Solicitor General, and Michael J. Hayes, Jeffrey W. Finke, and Gladys M. Stevens, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellees.

Sidley & Austin, of Chicago (Lee J. Schwartz, J. Andrew Schlickman, and Robert Burson, of counsel), for amicus curiae Roland De Marco.

Richard William Austin, Michael A. Coccia, Thomas A. Clancy, Michael W. Coffield, Richard H. Hoffman, Richard J. Prendergast, and Calvin Sawyier, of Chicago (Winston & Strawn, Baker & McKenzie, Mullen, Clancy & Associates, Coffield, Ungaretti, Harris & Slavin, Querrey, Harrow, Gulanick & Kennedy, Ltd., and Richard J. Prendergast, Ltd.), for amici curiae Illinois State Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The determination by the legislature of appropriate compensation for public officials has been a continuing and vexing problem. The Compensation Review Act (Ill. Rev. Stat., 1984 Supp., ch. 63, pars. 901 through 906) (the Act) was passed to allow the legislature to receive formal recommendations for compensation, following public hearings conducted...

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