FIORITO v. JONES

No. 49861.

72 Ill.2d 73 (1978)

377 N.E.2d 1019

PHYLLIS FIORITO et al. v. THEODORE A. JONES, Director of Revenue, et al., Appellants. — (David P. Schippers et al., Appellees.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Supplemental opinion filed on denial of rehearing July 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Springfield (Paul J. Bargiel and Stephen R. Swofford, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for appellants.

David P. Schippers and Samuel J. Betar, of Chicago, pro se, appellees.

Edward A. Berman, Ltd., and Lewis W. Schlifkin, of Chicago, pro se, appellees.

Payne & Cooke, of Chicago (Philip J. Rock, of Rock, Fusco, Heneghan & Rachman, of counsel), pro se, appellees.

Taussig, Wexler and Shaw, Ltd., and James C. Renzino, of Chicago, pro se, appellees.

Cornelius J. Harrington, Jr., and John P. Sullivan, of Chicago, for appellee American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago and pro se.

Defrees & Fiske, of Chicago (Edward J. Griffin and Gary Schuman, of counsel), pro se, appellees.


Reversed in part and vacated in part and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Theodore Jones, Director of Revenue for the State of Illinois (State), appeals from the orders of the circuit court of Cook County which awarded final attorney and trustee fees in this, a taxpayer class action suit. The case has pended in the circuit court for more than 10 years and has been appealed...

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