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JOHNSON v. ROLSTON

No. 75-480.

45 Ill. App.3d 419 (1977)

359 N.E.2d 1115

ARTHUR L. JOHNSON, by Terry K. Field, his agent, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DORVAN C. ROLSTON, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed January 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Ruebner, Michael M. Mulder, and J. Daniel Stewart, all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Elgin, for appellant.

Philip G. Reinhard, State's Attorney, of Rockford (Phyllis J. Perko and Robert J. Anderson, both of Illinois State's Attorneys Association, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE RECHENMACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal by defendant from an order finding him in contempt of court for "willfully" refusing to comply with an order directing him to comply with an order entered more than one year earlier.

The sole issue presented is whether the defendant's incarceration under such circumstances violated the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment and article...

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