HERNANDEZ v. FAHNER

No. 84-501.

135 Ill. App.3d 372 (1985)

481 N.E.2d 1004

SOCORRO HERNANDEZ et al., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TYRONE FAHNER, Attorney General, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed July 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Gladys Stevens, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellant.

Barbara Kahn and Heidi Noun, both of Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Thomas Johnson, of Uptown Peoples Law Center, and Judith McCue, of Keck, Mahin, & Cate, all of Chicago, for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Socorro Hernandez, Ubaldo Carreonn, and Laverene Hope Chambers, filed a complaint on September 28, 1981, against defendant, former Attorney General Tyrone Fahner, seeking a declaratory judgment that the term "person" as used in the Crime Victims Compensation Act applies to all applicants and that defendant's policy of requiring applicants to submit documentation to prove the...

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