RAYMOND G. ROMEROex rel. MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC., AND PUERTO RICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC., Claimant, v. THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.
Case summary
Claimant sought payment of attorney fees awarded by a federal three-judge court in a voting rights case. The Court of Claims granted summary judgment, awarding $81,180.00 plus 9% interest from April 27, 1984, as the respondent did not object.
Cases cited: Rybicki v. State Board of Elections; Crosby v. State Board of Elections; DeZValle v. State Board of Elections
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- NEIL F. HARTIGAN, Attorney General (H. ALFRED RYAN, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for ~
- I Respondent. I
- SUMMARY JuDcMEm-Federal court order that State pay Chimant’s attorney fees as 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 Raymond G. Romero, acting on behalf of both the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., motion for summary judgment.
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 I Board of Elections, No. 81C 6030; Crosby v. State Board of Elections, No. 81 C 6093; and DeZValle o. State Board of Elections, No. 81 C 6052. On April 27,1984, the threejudge court ordered that Respondent pay Claimant the amount of $81,180.00 as and for attorney fees as a prevailing party.
Claimant’s motion for summary judgment seeks an award in the amount of $81,180.00 plus 9%interest per I annum pursuant to statute as attorney fees.
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, Raymond G. [*310] Romero, acting on behalf of both the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., is awarded $81,180.00 plus interest at the rate of 9%per annum from April 27, 1984, in full and complete satisfaction of his claim.