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RELSOLELO v. FISK

No. 90623.

760 N.E.2d 963 (2001)

198 Ill.2d 142

260 Ill.Dec. 190

Murisol Veloz RELSOLELO, Special Adm'r of the Estate of Jose Humberto Arellano, Deceased, et al., Appellants, v. John FISK, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 21, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Shapiro and Charles Wallace, of Donald A. Shapiro, Ltd., Chicago (John J. Cummings III and Frank C. Dudenhefer, Jr., of Cummings, Cummings & Dudenhefer, and Richard M. Martin, Jr., and John Arthur Eaves, of Eaves Law Firm, New Orleans, Louisiana, of counsel), for appellants.

Robert Marc Chemers, John J. Walsh III, Mark P. Standa and Scott L. Howie, of Pretzel & Stouffer, Chtrd., Chicago, and Fred O. Goldberg, of Berger Singerman, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, for appellee.

Justice KILBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

The primary issue presented by this appeal is whether article I, section 10, of the Illinois Constitution (Ill. Const.1970, art. I, § 10) provides a privilege against self-incrimination based upon a person's fear of criminal prosecution by a foreign sovereign. Plaintiffs filed a class action on behalf of Venezuelan nationals or residents against defendant John Fisk (the sole defendant in the instant case),...

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