People ex rel. Hartigan v. Kafka & Sons Building & Supply Co.

This interlocutory appeal arises from an order of the circuit court staying enforcement of a final judgment and consent decree (consent decree) entered into between the Illinois Attorney General (Attorney General) and defendant, Ronald W. Kafka (Kafka), pending the resolution of a criminal indictment against defendant. On appeal, the Attorney General argues that the circuit court erred in staying the proceedings under the consent decree. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The record reveals the following relevant facts. In August 1985, the Illinois Attorney…