BROWN v. KIRK

No. 48077.

64 Ill.2d 144 (1976)

355 N.E.2d 12

CAMELLA BROWN et al., Appellees, v. FRANK KIRK, Director of the Department of Local Government Affairs, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield (Bonny Sutker Barezky and Ann Plunkett Sheldon, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellant.

George L. Parker, of Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc., of East St. Louis, for appellees.


Judgment reversed.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs, Camella Brown, Mattie Jackson, Edna Mayes, and Emma Stewart, each of whom is a tenant of the Public Housing Authority of the city of East St. Louis, filed a complaint in the circuit court of St. Clair County against Frank A. Kirk, Director of the Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs, on their own behalf and on behalf...

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