MET. SAN. DIST. OF GREATER CHICAGO EX REL. O'KEEFFE v. INGRAM CORP.

No. 53799.

85 Ill.2d 458 (1981)

426 N.E.2d 860

METROPOLITAN SANITARY DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO ex rel. WILLIAM F. O'KEEFFE, Appellee, v. INGRAM CORPORATION et al., Appellees (The Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, Appellee; The Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago ex rel. Aram A. Hartunian, Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied October 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aram A. Hartunian, of Chicago (Pressman & Hartunian, of counsel), pro se. A. Denison Weaver, of Chicago, for appellee William F. O'Keeffe.

Sonnenschein, Carlin, Nath & Rosenthal, of Chicago, for appellee Ingram Corporation et al.


Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

On April 18, 1979, the Cook County circuit court awarded petitioner A. Denison Weaver "the sum of $900,000.00 as and for attorney's fees" and "$16,842.30 for the expenses incurred" on behalf of "the taxpayer William F. O'Keeffe," and awarded petitioner George J. Cullen "$60,000.00 for services rendered on behalf of the taxpayer as co-counsel." Taxpayer O'Keeffe had instituted a derivative...

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