Legal Opinion

Schwartz v. Cortelloni

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 19, 1997No. 80614Published

1Opinion of the Court 1

Docket No. 80614–Agenda 13–November 1996.

CATHY SCHWARTZ, Appellant, v. JUDITH CORTELLONI et al. (Judith Cortelloni, Appellee).

Opinion filed June 19, 1997.

2Opinion of the Court · McMORROWJustice McMORROW

The central question presented for our review is whether counsel for the plaintiff should have been disqualified from representing the plaintiff in the present litigation because of an alleged conflict of interest. The question arises in the context of a partition action filed in the circuit court of Logan County by Cathy Schwartz (hereafter Schwartz) against her half-sister, Judith Cortelloni (hereafter Cortelloni), seeking the division of…

3Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Alfred B. Freeman v. Chicago Musical Instrument Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
  2. Pelham v. GriesheimerIllinois Supreme Court · 1982
  3. Analytica, Incorporated v. Npd Research, Inc., Defendant-Cross-Appellant-Cross-Appellee. Appeals of Schwartz & Freeman and Pressman and Hartunian ChtdCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  4. Lasalle National Bank and Lake Properties Venture v. County of Lake and the Village of GrayslakeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  5. Ogle v. FuitenIllinois Supreme Court · 1984

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