ALEXANDER v. HUMAN RIGHTS COMM'N

No. 87-0793.

166 Ill. App.3d 515 (1988)

519 N.E.2d 1092

DELPHINE ALEXANDER, Petitioner, v. THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION et al., Respondents.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed February 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey B. Gilbert and Ellen S. Katz, both of Legal Assistance Foundation, of Chicago, for petitioner.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roma Jones Stewart, Solicitor General, and Valerie J. Peiler, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for respondent Illinois Human Rights Commission.

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Joan S. Cherry and Randolph T. Kemmer, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for respondent Cook County Treasurer.

Roslyn C. Lieb, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.


Order affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal follows the order of the Illinois Human Rights Commission (Commission) denying complainant's request for attorney fees pursuant to the Illinois Human Rights Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 68, par. 8-101 et seq.) for legal representation in an administrative review action before the circuit court of Cook County.1

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