BROWN v. MURPHY

No. 1-93-0706.

664 N.E.2d 186 (1996)

278 Ill. App.3d 981

215 Ill.Dec. 789

James E. BROWN, and Joseph Radaszewski, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. William MURPHY, Director of the Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, and Roalda J. Alderman, Facility Director Elgin Mental Health Center, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

March 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland W. Burris, Attorney General, Chicago, Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Solicitor General, Chicago and (Daniel N. Malato, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, of counsel), for appellants.

Mark J. Heyrman, Chicago, for appellees.


Justice TULLY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, James E. Brown and Joseph Radaszewski, individually and on behalf of a class of other similarly situated individuals in the custody of the Illinois Department of Mental Health and Development Disabilities (hereinafter Department), filed this action in the circuit court of Cook County, against defendants, William Murphy, the director of the Department, and Roalda J. Alderman, the facility director at Elgin...

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