BOYNTON v. KUSPER

Nos. 61314, 61315, 61324 cons.

112 Ill.2d 356 (1986)

494 N.E.2d 135

JOHN C. BOYNTON et al., Appellees, v. STANLEY T. KUSPER, JR., County Clerk, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied April 1, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roma Jones Stewart, Solicitor General, Patricia Rosen, Assistant Attorney General, and Barbara L. Greenspan, James C. O'Connell, Steven Hogroian, and James C. Stevens, Special Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellant Director of Public Aid et al.

Charles L. Barker, Hollis E. Wright and Joan S. Meier, of Jenner & Block, of Chicago, for appellant Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Arnold M. Flamm, of Orlikoff, Flamm and Patner; Harry A. Young, Jr., of Neistein, Richman, Hauslinger & Young, Ltd.; and Robert D. Allison, all of Chicago, for appellees.

Candace Wayne, of Chicago, Barbara Hart, of Reading, Pennsylvania, and Judith Avner, of New York, New York, for amicus curiae National Coalition Against Domestic Violence et al.

Arlene C. Erlebacher and Anne E. Rea, of Sidley & Austin, and Kathleen C. Yannias, all of Chicago, for amicus curiae YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago et al.

Laurie Woods and Joanne Schulman, of New York, New York, and Aviva Futorian, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Jane Doe.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, John C. Boynton, Kent Koplin, Marianne Lubke, and Joanne Simon, brought this class action against several Cook County and Illinois State officers to challenge the validity of section 3 of "An Act to provide for the fees of the * * * county clerk in counties of the third class" (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 53, par. 73). The challenged statute required clerks in counties with a population...

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