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ROCK v. BURRIS

No. 69821.

564 N.E.2d 1240 (1990)

139 Ill.2d 494

151 Ill.Dec. 578

Philip J. ROCK, Indiv. and as President, Illinois State Senate, et al., Petitioners, v. Roland W. BURRIS, Comptroller for the State of Illinois, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 30, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell Widen, Chicago, and Craig S. Burkhardt, of Sorling, Northrup, Hanna, Cullen & Cochran, Ltd., James Morphew and Philip W. Weber, Springfield, for petitioners.

Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen., Springfield (Michael J. Hayes, Deputy Atty. Gen., Shawn W. Denney, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert J. Ruiz, Sol. Gen., and Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, of counsel), for respondents.

Justice RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, who are several members of the Eighty-sixth General Assembly, seek a writ of mandamus ordering defendants to issue warrants for and dispense funds pursuant to their recent pay raise legislation and ask that this court declare that this legislation is constitutional. (Pub. Act 86-27, eff, July 7, 1989; Pub. Act 86-956, eff. Dec. 5, 1989 (amending Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 108½, pars. 2-108, 9-121...

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