GRACE v. HOWLETT

No. 44902.

51 Ill.2d 478 (1972)

283 N.E.2d 474

MICHAEL J. GRACE, Appellee, v. MICHAEL J. HOWLETT, Auditor of Public Accounts, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield (R.R. McMAHAN, STEPHEN A. MILWID, Special Assistant Attorney General, and FRANCIS T. CROWE and BERNARD GENIS, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for appellant.

LEONARD M. RING, of Chicago, for appellee.

RICHARD E. GOODMAN and RICHARD P. HEFFERAN, both of Chicago, for American Mutual Insurance Alliance, amicus curiae.

PAUL C. BLUME, of Chicago, for National Association of Independent Insurers, amicus curiae.

THOMAS N. TODD and ROBERT L. TUCKER, both of Chicago, for Insurance Brokers Association of Chicago, People United To Save Humanity, The Chicago Urban League, Inc., Cosmopolitan Chamber of Commerce, and United Mortgage Bankers of America, Inc., amicus curiae.

CORNELIUS E. TOOLE, of Chicago, for Chicago Metropolitan Council, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, amicus curiae.

ASHER, GREENFIELD, GUBBINS & SEGALL, of Chicago, for the Illinois State Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, amicus curiae.

JACK E. HORSLEY and RICHARD F. RECORD, JR., of Craig & Craig, Mattoon, JOSEPH H. BRAUN and ROBERT G. CORBETT, of Chicago, and CHARLES C. COLLINS, of Washington, D.C., for American Automobile Association, Inc., amicus curiae.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

By Public Act 77-1430, which became effective January 1, 1972, the General Assembly added article XXXV to the Illinois Insurance Code. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 73, pars. 1065.150 through 1065.163.) This action was instituted in the circuit court of Cook County by the plaintiff, Michael J. Grace, against Michael J. Howlett, Auditor of Public...

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