Saltiel v. Olsen

In a prior appeal of this case, reported as Saltiel v. Olsen (1979), 77 Ill. 2d 23, we affirmed ajudgment of the circuit court of Cook County in favor of the plaintiff, Clarice R. Saltiel, holding that section 3 of the Real Estate Transfer Tax Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 120, par. 1003), as it stood prior to its amendment in 1978 (1978 Ill. Laws 985), violated article VII, section 9(a), of the Illinois Constitution. After the filing of our opinion, further proceedings were held in the circuit court in which the court awarded attorney fees to the plaintiff. The Attorney General, who had…