Legal Opinion
Scoby v. Civil Service Commission of East St. Louis
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 14, 1993No. 5—92—0282PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Welch
On March 23, 1992, Rudolph Scoby (plaintiff) filed in the circuit court of St. Clair County a petition for attorney fees (petition) seeking $86,714.80 in attorney fees in a wrongful discharge action against the defendants, Civil Service Commission of East St. Louis and the City of East St. Louis (defendants). Plaintiff claimed he was entitled to attorney fees under the Attorneys Fees in Wage Actions Act (Fees Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 13, par. 13 (now 705 ILCS 225/1 (West 1992))).
On April 2, 1992, the defendants filed a motion for summary judgment pursuant to section 2 — 1005 of the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Anderson v. Board of EducationIllinois Supreme Court · 1945
- American Steel Foundries v. GordonIllinois Supreme Court · 1949
- The People v. BoremanIllinois Supreme Court · 1948
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