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LEO. C. ARNOLD, LTD. v. NORTHERN TR. CO.

No. 62924.

116 Ill.2d 157 (1987)

506 N.E.2d 1279

LEONARD C. ARNOLD, LTD., et al., Appellants, v. THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, Guardian, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Canel, Ltd., and Leonard C. Arnold, Ltd., of Chicago (James H. Canel and Patricia N. Hale, of counsel), for appellants.

Behanna and Pasquesi, P.C., of Highland Park (Theodore A. Pasquesi, of counsel), for appellee.

Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

Two questions are presented: Is a contingent-fee contract for legal representation entered into on behalf of a minor by his next friend per se unenforceable? Is Rule 9.20(e) of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit (now Rule 14.21(e)), which places restrictions on the enforcement of some such agreements, a valid exercise of the...

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