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BENTON v. SMITH

No. 86-1981.

157 Ill. App.3d 847 (1987)

510 N.E.2d 952

GERTRUDE BENTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ZIRL SMITH, as Executive Director of the Chicago Housing Authority, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed June 17, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic, of Chicago (Richard T. Cozzola and Rachell Runnells, of counsel), for appellant.

Ann Breen Greco, Sue Ann Rosen, and LaCoulton Walls, of Chicago Housing Authority, of Chicago, for appellees.

Reversed and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Gertrude Benton appeals from a trial court order dismissing her suit against defendants Chicago Housing Authority (CHA), its executive director Zirl Smith, and its board chairman Renault Robinson. The trial court found that the present suit was res judicata as a result of a consent decree entered in an earlier...

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