JEFFREY D. COLMAN, a partner acting on behalf of the law firm of JENNER & BLOCK, Claimant, v. THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.
Case summary
Claimant sought attorney fees awarded by a federal three-judge court in a consolidated election case. The Court of Claims granted summary judgment and awarded the amount plus interest, as the respondent did not oppose.
Cases cited: Rybicki v. State Board of Elections, No. 81 C 6030; Crosby v. State Board of Elections, No. 81 C 6093; DelValle v. State Board of Elections, No. 81 C 6052
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Headnotes
- NEIL F. HARTIGAN, Attorney General (H. ALFRED RYAN, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for Respondent .
- S UMMARY JumMEms-Federal court order that State pay Claimant’s attorney fees 0s prevailing party in Federal court-award granted. Based on an order of a Federal court requiring the State to pay Claimant an amount for attorney fees as a prevailing party in the Federal court action, an award was granted plus interest, since the Claimant’s attorney presented an affidavit representing that the State did not oppose the entry of an order granting an award and the State did not object to the Claimant’s motion for summary judgment.
This cause comes on to be heard on the Claimant’s Jeffrey D. Colman, a partner acting on behalf of the law firm of Jenner & Block, motion for summary judgment.
[*308] Claimant’s claim is founded upon an order of a three-judge District Court in the Northern District of Illinois in the consolidated cases of Rybicki v. State Board of Elections, No. 81 C 6030; Crosby v . State Board of Elections, No. 81 C 6093; and DelValle v . State Board of Elections, No. 81 C 6052. On April 27,1984, the three-judge court ordered that Respondent pay Claimant the amount of $250,670.35as and for attorney fees as a prevailing party.
Claimant’s motion for summary judgment seeks an award in the amount of $250,670.35 pus 9%interest per annum pursuant to statute.
The affidavit of Claimant’s counsel represents that Respondent does not oppose the entry of an order in accordance with the relief sought, and Respondent in fact has not objected to the motion.
It is therefore ordered, that Claimant, Jeffrey D. Colman, a partner acting on behalf of the law firm of Jenner tk Block, is awarded $250,637.50 plus interest at the rate of 9%per annum from April 27,1984, in full and complete satisfaction of this claim.