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PEOPLE v. ROUSH

Nos. 57891, 58113 cons.

101 Ill.2d 355 (1984)

462 N.E.2d 468

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. CLAUDE ROUSH et al., Appellees. — THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellant, v. PAUL SCHYVE et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed April 4, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Michael E. Shabat, Bruce A. Cardello, Louis F. Stalzer, Richard T. Sikes, Jr., Paula Carstensen and Thomas A. Rieck, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Louis B. Garippo, of Chicago, for appellee Dr. Paul Schyve.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Maureen D. Mudron, Special Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellees Dr. Ivan Pavkovic and the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities.

Mark J. Heyrman, of Chicago, amicus curiae, and, with Terry S. Arbit, law student, for intervenors Bernard Thiem et al.

Judgments affirmed.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal requires us to determine whether a trial judge properly held directors of State mental institutions in criminal contempt of court following the escape of mental patients under their control. We are asked to determine the degree of control the judiciary can exercise over the administration of State mental hospitals and their employees. On July 17, 1981, a trial judge in the circuit...

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