Opinion
No. 01 C 4696
April 24, 2002
ORDER
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 71A, we hereby advise the parties that the court proposes to appoint as commissioners Thomas M. Ewert of Joliet, Illinois, Chairman; Anne Megan Davis of Chicago, Illinois; and Anthony R. Fabiano of Rockford, Illinois. Copies of their qualifications are included with this Order. Each shall be compensated at a rate of $225 per hour, payable by plaintiff, except that a portion may be payable by a defendant if plaintiff establishes that the defendant has unreasonably caused the commissioners to expend unnecessary time. Any party who seeks to object for valid cause to the appointment of any of the three shall file that objection by May 15, 2000.
Plaintiff and several of the defendants have filed proposed instructions to the commission. Plaintiff and those defendants who have submitted proposed instructions are directed to confer together in an effort to agree upon proposed instructions and to report the result of those efforts by May 15, 2002. Tn the event there are disagreements based upon legal Issues, those having a position on those Issues shall submit a memorandum of law respecting those matters. The parties shall bear in mind that the commissioners will all be experienced and competent attorneys who do not need to be told the obvious in detail. 2002.