TORJESEN v. SMITH

No. 82-573.

114 Ill. App.3d 147 (1983)

448 N.E.2d 273

JOHN CHRISTEN TORJESEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LEN YOUNG SMITH, President of the Board of Law Examiners, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied May 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Christen Torjesen, of Murphysboro, for appellant, pro se.

George B. Lee and Charles R. Jelliffe, of Jelliffe & Ferrell, of Harrisburg, for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE KASSERMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

On July 9, 1982, John Torjesen, plaintiff, filed a two-count complaint for mandamus in the circuit court of Jackson County. Count I was directed against the members of the Illinois Board of Law Examiners, and sought an order (1)declaring Supreme Court Rule 703(b) (87 Ill.2d R. 703(b)) unconstitutional and (2) compelling the board members to permit plaintiff to sit for the bar examination...

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