Ampersand, Inc. v. Finley

This is a class action suit for an injunction and declaratory judgment challenging the constitutionality of a Cook County ordinance which directs the clerk of the circuit court of Cook County to collect a county law library fee of $2 to be paid at the time of the filing of the first pleading or other appearance by each party in all civil cases. The ordinance provides that the charge is assessable as costs and that it supersedes “An Act in relation to the establishment, maintenance and operation of county law libraries,” approved May 5, 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 81, par. 81).

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