Legal Opinion
Benton v. Smith
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 17, 1987No. 86-1981PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE McNAMARA
delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff Gertrude Benton appeals from a trial court- order dismissing her suit against defendants Chicago Housing Authority (CHA), its executive director Zirl Smith, and its board chairman Renault Robinson. The trial court found that the present suit was res judicata as a result of a consent decree entered in an earlier class action in which plaintiff was an unnamed class member. On appeal, plaintiff contends that the doctrine of res judicata does not bar this action because the consent decree was not a decision on the merits; the…
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