Sayles v. Thompson

99 Ill.2d 122 (1983)

457 N.E.2d 440

JAMES SAYLES et al., Appellees,

v.

JAMES THOMPSON, Governor, et al., Appellants.

No. 59032.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed December 1, 1983.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Patricia Rosen, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellants.

Charles Hoffman, Jan Susler, Shelley A. Bannister, and Margaret Byrne, all of Chicago, for appellees.

Judgment reversed.

The representative plaintiffs in this class action are three prisoners heretofore committed to the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections and presently…