PEOPLE EX REL. HANSEN v. PHELAN

Docket No. 75313.

634 N.E.2d 739 (1994)

158 Ill.2d 445

199 Ill.Dec. 686

The PEOPLE ex rel. Carl R. HANSEN et al., Appellants, v. Richard J. PHELAN et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 24, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Davids, David A. Shaneyfelt and Bruce J. Van Heukelem, Hoogendoorn, Talbot, Davids, Godfrey & Milligan and Joseph A. Morris, Morris, Rathnau & DeLarosa, all of Chicago, for appellants.

Susan Getzendanner, Special Asst. State's Atty., Chicago (Joseph L. Fogel, Kimberley K. Baer and Martha J. Burns, of counsel), for appellees.

Colleen K. Connell, Susan Wishnick and Susan Shulman, Chicago, for amici curiae Jane Doe et al.


Chief Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Carl Hansen, Mary MacDonald, Herbert Schumann, Jr., and Richard Siebel are 4 of 17 elected members of the board of commissioners of Cook County (board). Defendant, Richard Phelan, is the elected president and an elected member of the board. Cook County Hospital (hospital), located in the city of Chicago, is under the direct control of the board. Defendant, Ruth Rothstein, is the director of the...

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