People Ex Rel. Kirk v. Lindberg

This is an original mandamus action brought by Frank A. Kirk, the Director of the Department of Local Government Affairs, to compel the respondent, George W. Lindberg, the Comptroller of the State of Illinois, to honor a voucher drawn upon a designated State fund. The motion for leave to file the original petition for mandamus was filed in this court on August 30, 1974. Leave was granted on September 5, 1974, a briefing schedule was fixed, and the matter was set for oral argument on September 20, 1974. Thereafter the petition was amended, briefs were filed by the parties and by certain amici…