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EASTER HOUSE v. STATE OF ILL. DEPT. OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERV.

Nos. 76 C 1170, 77 C 3121.

663 F.Supp. 456 (1987)

EASTER HOUSE, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation, Plaintiff, v. The STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES; Mary Lee Leahy; Thomas Felder; Joan W. Sataloe; Millicent Smith; Pacita Haire; Truman Gibson; Easter House Adoption Agency Inc.; Michael J. Howlett, Secretary of State, State of Illinois, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

June 8, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Figliulo, Carl A. Gigante, Foran, Wiss & Schultz, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Vito Evola, Pascucci & Evola, Thomas Ioppollo, Atty. Gen.'s Office, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.

Plaintiff Easter House brought this action in 1976, alleging violations of its constitutional rights and seeking $150,000 in compensatory damages and an unspecified amount of punitive damages. A jury awarded Easter House compensatory damages of $150,000 and punitive damages of $50,000, and the court entered judgment on the verdict on June 18, 1986.

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