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PEOPLE EX REL. BERGQUIST v. GREGORY

Gen. No. 45,154.

343 Ill. App. 613 (1951)

99 N.E.2d 703

People of State of Illinois ex rel. Norine Bergquist et al., Appellees, v. Walter L. Gregory et al., Defendants. Appeal of James H. Dillard, Comptroller of City of Chicago, Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied July 16, 1951.

Released for publication July 30, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOHN J. MORTIMER, Acting Corporation Counsel, of Chicago, for respondent-appellant; L. LOUIS KARTON, Head of Appeals and Review Division, and JAMES B. PARSONS, Assistant Corporation Counsel, all of Chicago, of counsel.

MICHAEL F. RYAN, of Chicago, for petitioners-appellees; RICHARD F. McPARTLIN, JR., of Chicago, of counsel.

MR. JUSTICE KILEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a contempt proceeding by Chicago policewomen arising out of a successful mandamus suit for reinstatement and for payment of back salary. The rule to show cause as to all of the respondents except Dillard, successor City Comptroller, was dismissed. Dillard was adjudged guilty of contempt, sentenced to jail and released on his recognizance pending this appeal from the contempt order.

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