HARDIN v. HARSHBARGER

No. 92 C 3000.

814 F.Supp. 703 (1993)

Decarol HARDIN, Individually and as a class representative, Plaintiff, v. Helen S. HARSHBARGER, in her capacity as the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Will County, Illinois, Jack Weber, in his capacity as the Treasurer of Will County, The County of Will, Aurelia Pucinski, in her capacity as the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Edward Rosewell, in his capacity as the Treasurer of Cook County, The County of Cook, Joel Kagann, in his capacity as the Clerk of the Circuit Court of DuPage County, Illinois, John Novak, in his capacity as the Treasurer of DuPage County, and The County of DuPage, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

January 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan D. Lyons, Andreano & Lyons, Ltd., Franklin Patrick Andreano, Illinois Appellate Court, Joliet, IL, for plaintiff.

Stuart David Gordon, Moss & Bloomberg, Ltd., Bolingbrook, IL, Terry L. McDonald, Jeremy C. Schwartz, Connie R. Barba, argued, Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Kathleen Kreisel Flahaven, Illinois Atty. General's Office, Chicago, IL, Thomas F. Downing, DuPage County State's Attorney's Office, Wheaton, IL, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge:

Plaintiff Decarol Hardin brings this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2201, seeking a declaration that the present and future Illinois state practice of charging a filing fee for the initiation of protection orders is in violation of her rights, privileges and immunities as secured under the United States Constitution. Additionally, Hardin seeks compensatory and exemplary damages, attorney's fees and...

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