CITY OF MONMOUTH v. LORENZ

No. 37911.

30 Ill.2d 60 (1963)

195 N.E.2d 661

THE CITY OF MONMOUTH et al., Appellees, v. FRANCIS S. LORENZ, Director of Public Works and Buildings, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 20, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, (WILLIAM C. WINES, RAYMOND S. SARNOW, A. ZOLA GROVES, EDWARD A. BERMAN, and LEE D. MARTIN, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for appellants.

G. DURBIN RANNEY, DAVID J. SHANKS, R.P. LAMOREAUX, WILLIAM M. BARDENS, and THEODORE L. STANSELL, all of Monmouth, and HUGH J. GRAHAM, of Springfield, for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

The city of Monmouth and 63 other plaintiffs, including cities, counties, individuals, a public official and a taxpayer, sought a declaratory judgment that an act, commonly referred to as the Prevailing Wage Law, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1961, chap. 48, pars. 39s-1 to 39s-12,) has been rendered unconstitutional by amendments adopted since 1951. The defendants Directors of the Department of Public...

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