MORTON v. HARTIGAN

No. 85-1846.

145 Ill. App.3d 417 (1986)

495 N.E.2d 1159

ROBERT B. MORTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEIL F. HARTIGAN, Attorney General, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

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

Opinion filed June 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Morton, of Chicago, for appellant, pro se.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roma Jones Stewart, Solicitor General, and Michael J. Hayes, Jeffrey W. Finke, and Roger P. Flahaven, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Robert B. Morton, a former special assistant Attorney General, brought an action against the Attorney General of Illinois, and three other officials at the Attorney General's office in their individual capacities, seeking compensatory and punitive damages for the torts of retaliatory discharge, defamation and invasion of privacy. The circuit court entered an order dismissing...

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