Legal Opinion
Baksinski v. Northwestern University
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 21, 1992No. 1-90-3180PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McMORROW
This is an appeal from an order denying an amended petition for attorney fees. The issue on appeal is whether the petitioner, Clinton Krislov, is entitled to compensation for preparing and litigating that fee petition.
In 1983, plaintiffs, Gregory and Edward Baksinski, through their attorney, Sidney Z. Karasik, filed an action as Chicago taxpayers against the City of Chicago (City) and various not-for-profit entities alleging that those entities were improperly being exempted from payment of water and sewer charges. The action sought an accounting and a mandatory injunction requiring the City…
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