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BODE v. BARRETT

No. 32290.

412 Ill. 204 (1952)

106 N.E.2d 521

WILLIAM E. BODE et al., Appellees, v. EDWARD J. BARRETT, Secretary of State, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 23, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, (JOHN T. CHADWELL, FRANK M. PFEIFER, and WILLIAM C. WINES, of counsel,) for appellants.

HOFFMANN & HOFFMANN, and HUGH J. GRAHAM, JR., both of Springfield, and KIRKLAND, FLEMING, GREEN, MARTIN & ELLIS, of Chicago, for appellees.

EDWIN D. LAWLOR, and DUDLEY R. SULLIVAN, both of Chicago, amici curiae.

Decree reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE BRISTOW delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a direct appeal by the Secretary of State, the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Treasurer of the State of Illinois, defendants below, from a final decree of the circuit court of Sangamon County, which declared unconstitutional and void an act of the Sixty-seventh General Assembly, approved by the Governor of Illinois on July 9, 1951, entitled "An Act to amend Sections 9, 11a...

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