Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. Board of Trustees v. Barrett
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided January 21, 1943No. 26947. Writ awardedPublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mu Justice Smith
delivered the opinion of the court:
This is an original petition for mandamus. The relators are the Board of Trustees of the University of lilinois and Norval D. Hodges and Sveinbjorn Johnson, individually. Hodges and Johnson are alleged to be employees of the university. The action is brought against the Attorney General and the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Illinois. Its purpose is to compel the payment of salaries alleged to be due to the individual relators; to prevent the Attorney General from interfering with Johnson and Hodges acting as counsel and assistant…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Dahnke v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Schwing v. MilesIllinois Supreme Court · 1937
- Perkins v. Board of County CommissionersIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
- Spalding v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- People ex rel. Lucey v. TurneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1916
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3Cited by61 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Hartigan v. E & E HAULING, INC.Illinois Supreme Court · 1992
- Richard W. Hostrop v. Board of Junior College District No. 515, Counties of Cook and Will and Stateof Illinois, a Body Politic and CorporateCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- People Ex Rel. Conn v. RandolphIllinois Supreme Court · 1966
- People v. Illinois Toll Highway CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
- Ellis v. Board of Governors of State Colleges and UniversitiesIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
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