CESENA v. DU PAGE COUNTY

No. 2-89-0867.

201 Ill. App.3d 96 (1990)

558 N.E.2d 1378

MARISU CESENA, Adm'r of the Estate of Timothy J. Golden, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DU PAGE COUNTY et al., Defendants (Jeffrey B. Fawell, Contemnor-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Rehearing denied September 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey B. Fawell and Bruce R. Fawell, both of Fawell & Fawell, of Wheaton, and George Patrick Lynch, Ltd., of Chicago (George P. Lynch, of counsel), for appellant.

Philip H. Corboy and Thomas A. Demetrio, both of Corboy & Demetrio, P.C., of Chicago (Robert J. Bingle, of counsel), for appellee.

Thomas P. Sullivan and Thomas S. O'Neill, both of Jenner & Block, of Chicago, for amicus curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Robert J. Anderson, of Anderson, Deitsch & Associates, P.C., of Wheaton, for amici curiae Du Page County Bar Association and Du Page Association of Women Lawyers.

Dennis A. Rendleman, of Illinois State Bar Association, of Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois State Bar Association.


Affirmed in part, and vacated in part and modified in part.

JUSTICE INGLIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Contemnor, Jeffrey Fawell, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Du Page County finding him in contempt of court and imposing a $1,000 fine for each day that he refuses to comply with a court order. Fawell contends that he should not be required to comply with the court order because to do so would result in disclosure of information which...

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