HARLAN v. SWEET

No. 69305.

564 N.E.2d 1192 (1990)

139 Ill.2d 390

151 Ill.Dec. 530

Ben HARLAN, Treasurer of Jefferson County, et al., Appellants, v. Roger SWEET, Director of Revenue, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 30, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Kelty, John M. Myers and Robert V. Shuff, of Pfeifer & Kelty, P.C., Springfield, for appellants.

Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen., Springfield (Robert J. Ruiz, Sol. Gen., and Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, of counsel), for appellees.


Justice RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Ben Harlan, Treasurer of Jefferson County, Illinois, and 60 other treasurers of various Illinois counties, appeal the ruling of the circuit court of Sangamon County, which granted defendants' motion for summary judgment. The circuit court held that the Illinois Constitution prohibits payment of the annual stipend created by Public Act 84-1432, effective December 3, 1986 (the Act) (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch....

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