DOE v. LUTZ

No. 1-92-2003.

625 N.E.2d 325 (1993)

253 Ill. App.3d 59

192 Ill.Dec. 365

Richard DOE, a minor, by his parents and next friend, John and Jane Doe, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Robert J. LUTZ, Alice Halpin, the Catholic Bishop of Chicago, a corporation, and Joseph Cardinal Bernadin, the Cardinal Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chicago, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

September 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Decker & Associates, Ltd., Chicago (Thomas D. Decker, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago (Bettina Getz, Lucia Nale, of counsel), Sidley & Austin (Mary Dempsey, Susan Stone, of counsel), Patricia C. Bobb & Assoc. (Patricia C. Bobb, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.


Justice DiVITO delivered the opinion of the court:

"John Doe" (Doe) appeals from an order finding him in civil contempt for violating a circuit court order prohibiting him from having contact with an individual named David Nolan. Doe contends that (1) the court's order prohibiting contact with Nolan was not in effect when the contact took place; (2) the order was not sufficiently clear to support a contempt finding; (3) the court erred in holding that the order prohibited...

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