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CRUZAT v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES

No. 83-0788.

126 Ill. App.3d 717 (1984)

467 N.E.2d 975

JOHN CRUZAT et al., Plaintiffs, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MAYWOOD et al., Defendants (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Betty Kitch et al., Respondents-Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Opinion filed July 30, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Harte, Ltd., of Chicago (William J. Harte and John B. Austin, of counsel), for appellant Betty Kitch.

Baker & McKenzie, of Chicago (Francis D. Morrissey, Thomas F. Bridgman, and Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., of counsel), for appellant Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Jane Clark Casey and Henry A. Hauser, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.

Judgment reversed.

JUSTICE CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondents Betty Kitch and the law firm of Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather and Geraldson appeal from an order of contempt entered against them after it was revealed that Kitch, a member of the law firm, had moved for admission pro hac vice of a disbarred attorney who had misrepresented the status of his license to practice law in his home State. On appeal, both respondents raise the...

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