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MALONEY v. BOWER

No. 62469.

113 Ill.2d 473 (1986)

498 N.E.2d 1102

MATTHEW A. MALONEY, Public Defender, Plaintiff, v. ALEXANDER T. BOWER, Chief Judge, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew A. Maloney, Public Defender, pro se (Donald R. Rayfield and Ann Burkey, of counsel), of Princeton, for petitioner.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roma J. Stewart, Solicitor General, and Mark L. Rotert and Joan G. Fickinger, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for respondents.

Writ awarded.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

On September 16, 1985, Alexander T. Bower, chief judge of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, which is comprised of La Salle, Bureau and Grundy counties, entered an administrative order directing judges of the circuit to appoint the office of the public defender to represent indigent defendants in civil contempt proceedings in which the defendant might be subject to incarceration.

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