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IN RE MORTIMER

No. 61230.

44 Ill. App.3d 249 (1976)

358 N.E.2d 92

In re J. STIRLING MORTIMER et al., Petitioners-Appellees. — (THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF COOK COUNTY, Respondent-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed December 3, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Carey, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Sheldon Gardner, Henry A. Hauser, and William E. Kenney, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellant.

Mortimer & Hoffman, of Chicago (J. Stirling Mortimer, pro se, of counsel), for appellees.

Order reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

The State's Attorney and the Board of Commissioners of Cook County (hereinafter the County of Cook) appeal from an order directing the Board to pay attorneys' fees to Mr. J. Stirling Mortimer and Mr. Paul Hoffman (hereinafter the petitioners). Petitioners had asked the court for these fees as payment for their services as amici curiae.

On February 22, 1973, petitioners sought...

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