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KAUFMAN, LITWIN AND FEINSTEIN v. EDGAR

No. 1-97-2455.

704 N.E.2d 756 (1998)

301 Ill. App.3d 826

235 Ill.Dec. 183

KAUFMAN, LITWIN AND FEINSTEIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jim EDGAR, Governor of Illinois, and James E. Ryan, Attorney General of Illinois, Defendants-Appellees (John S. Elson, Intervenor-Defendant and Cross-Plaintiff-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

December 1, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kaufman, Litwin & Feinstein, Chicago, (Paul L. Feinstein, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Barbara A. Preiner, Solicitor General (Jan E. Hughes, of counsel); John S. Elson, Chicago, for Defendants-Appellees.

Justice McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff, the law firm of Kaufman, Litwin and Feinstein, brought a declaratory judgment action alleging that certain 1997 amendments to the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act are unconstitutional. 750 ILCS 5/501, 503, 508 (West 1996). The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of defendants, Governor Jim Edgar and Attorney General of Illinois James E. Ryan and intervenor John S. Elson. Plaintiff...

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