People ex rel. 3 J. & E. Discount, Inc. v. Whitler

Respondents, Robert M. Whitler, Acting Director of the Department of Revenue, and Norman L. Marcus, hearings referee of the Department of Revenue, appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County issuing a writ of prohibition against respondents. The writ enjoined respondents from conducting an administrative hearing to determine whether certain packages of cigarettes, which were seized from plaintiffs pursuant to a search warrant, should be confiscated and forfeited to the State. Plaintiffs, #3 J. & E. Discount, Inc., and Victor Brown, filed a cross-appeal from the court’s order…