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McFATRIDGE v. MADIGAN

No. 113676.

989 N.E.2d 165 (2013)

2013 IL 113676

370 Ill. Dec. 777

Michael M. McFATRIDGE et al., Appellees, v. Lisa M. MADIGAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

May 23, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, Springfield ( Michael A. Scodro , Solicitor General, Chicago, of counsel), for appellant.

Michael E. Raub , Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Urbana, Terry A. Ekl , Ekl Williams, PLLC, Lisle, for appellees.

Sarah O'Rourke Schrup , Chicago, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C. ( Jeffrey T. Green , Elizabeth McEachron , of counsel), for amicus curiae Illinois Campaign for Political Reform.

Lisa Anne Hoffman , Wheaton, for amicus curaie Illinois State's Attorneys' Association.

OPINION

Justice BURKE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 At issue in this appeal is whether section 2(b) of the State Employee Indemnification Act (the Act) (5 ILCS 350/2(b) (West 2010)) requires the state to pay the litigation expenses of an elected state official who has been sued in the course of his official duties. Plaintiffs, Michael McFatridge and the County of Edgar, filed a complaint for a writ of mandamus (see 735...

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