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JOHNSON v. MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES', OFFICERS'

No. 1-17-0732.

124 N.E.3d 515 (2018)

2018 IL App (1st) 170732

Jeffrey JOHNSON, Robert Orlich, Terry T. White, Frank T. Lowery, and Municipal Employees Society, as Associational Representatives for Its Members, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES', OFFICERS', & OFFICIALS' ANNUITY & BENEFIT FUND OF CHICAGO and The Laborers' & Retirement Board Employees' Annuity & Benefit Fund of Chicago, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Modified Upon Denial of Rehearing filed February 19, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Patricia Burns and Vincent D. Pinelli , of Burke Burns & Pinelli, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellee Municipal Employees', Officers' and Officials' Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago.

John F. Kennedy , Cary E. Donham , and Graham C. Grady , of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, of Chicago, for appellee Laborers' and Retirement Board Employees' Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago.

Michael D. Freeborn , John T. Shapiro , and Dylan Smith , of Freeborn & Peters LLP, of Chicago, for other appellees.

Edward N. Siskel , Corporation Counsel ( Benna Ruth Solomon and Jane Elinor Notz , Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), Michael B. Slade , R. Chris Heck , and Douglas Smith , of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, and Richard Prendergast and Michael Layden , of Richard J. Prendergast, Ltd., all of Chicago, for intervenor-appellee City of Chicago.

OPINION

¶ 1 After the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that Illinois Pension Code amendments violated our constitution's pension protection clause, plaintiffs' counsel in one of the consolidated cases petitioned for attorneys' fees. The firm sought over $ 200,000 under the...

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