Supreme Court of Illinois

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Appellate Information

• Decided 05/22/2003
• Published 07/09/2003

Judges

• Justice RARICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ralph H. Loewenstein, of Loewenstein, Hagen & Smith, P.C., Springfield, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield (Joel D. Bertocchi, Solicitor General, Brian F. Barov, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, of counsel), for appellee.