KIRK v. ARNOLD

No. 1-19-0782.

157 N.E.3d 1111 (2020)

2020 IL App (1st) 190782

Victoria KIRK, Karissa Rothkopf, and Riley Johnson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Damon T. ARNOLD, M.D., in His Official Capacity as State Registrar of Vital Records, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, SECOND DIVISION.

Opinion filed June 16, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Stauffer , Clifford W. Berlow , and Reanne Zheng , of Jenner & Block LLP, and Ghirlandi C. Guidetti , Rebecca K. Glenberg , and John A. Knight , of Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., both of Chicago, for appellants.

Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, of Chicago ( Jane Elinor Notz , Solicitor General, and Paul Racette , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellee.

Adam R. Vaught and Lari A. Dierks , of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Chicago Bar Foundation.

Matthew Carter and Gregory A. McConnell , of Winston & Strawn, LLP, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Association of Pro Bono Counsel.


OPINION

¶ 1 The plaintiffs, Victoria Kirk, Karissa Rothkopf, and Riley Johnson, appeal from the trial court's denial of their request for attorney fees under section 5(c) of the Illinois Civil Rights Act of 2003 (740 ILCS 23/5(c) (West 2008)). The...

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