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ROCK v. THOMPSON

No. 54408.

85 Ill.2d 410 (1981)

426 N.E.2d 891

PHILIP J. ROCK et al., Petitioners, v. JAMES R. THOMPSON, Governor, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Announced February 9, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman G. Bodewes and John R. Keith, of Springfield, for petitioners.

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield (Herbert Lee Caplan, Assistant Attorney General, and Samuel W. Witwer and Thomas E. Kluczynski, Special Assistant Attorneys General, all of Chicago, of counsel), for respondents.

Writ awarded.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the decision of the court and the following opinion in which MR. JUSTICE WARD and MR. JUSTICE CLARK join:

On January 19, 1981, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 381 (73 Ill.2d R. 381), we allowed the motion of Senators Philip J. Rock and James H. Donnewald, hereafter petitioners, for leave to file an original action for mandamus and an injunction. The petition prays for the issuance of a writ of

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