VILLAGE OF WESTMONT v. LENIHAN

No. 2-98-1038.

704 N.E.2d 891 (1998)

301 Ill. App.3d 1050

235 Ill.Dec. 318

The VILLAGE OF WESTMONT et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. James LENIHAN, Indiv. and as Trustee for the Village of Westmont, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied January 28, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara J. Gosselar, John N. Pieper, Scott A. Schimanski, Kubiesa, Spiroff, Gosselar & Pieper, P.C., Oakbrook Terrace, John H. Kelly, Ottosen, Trevarthen, Britz & Dooley, Ltd., Wheaton, for Mark Forzley, Kubiesa, Spiroff, Gosselar & Pieper, P.C., James Lenihan, William Rahn and Wendy Wilson.

Peter A. Zamis, Mark W. Daniel, Rathje, Woodward, Dyer & Burt, Wheaton, for Edwin V. Burke and Village of Westmont.


Presiding Justice GEIGER delivered the opinion of the court:

The instant controversy stems from a dispute between the mayor of the Village of Westmont, Edwin Burke, and four members of the village's board of trustees, James Lenihan, Mark Forzley, William Rahn, and Wendy Wilson (collectively, trustees), concerning the employment of an attorney to provide legal services to the Village of Westmont (the village). On May 18, 1998, the trustees enacted a resolution approving...

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