Legal Opinion
City of Chicago v. Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided November 12, 1975No. 60892PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DIERINGER
delivered the opinion of the court:
The defendants, the Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission and Eleanor Protas, appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Comt of Cook County entered on June 20, 1974, which reversed in part an order entered by the Commission, against the City of Chicago, the plaintiff in the instant case.
The issues for appeal are whether the Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission may make an award of attorneys fees in the absence of any specific statutory authority in the Fair Employment Practices Act, and whether the order of the…
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