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FAHERTY v. BOARD OF ELECTION COMM'RS. OF CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 33543.

5 Ill.2d 519 (1955)

126 N.E.2d 235

ROGER FAHERTY, Appellant, v. THE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Announced February 7, 1955.

Rehearing denied May 16, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROY S. LASSWELL, of Chicago, for appellant.

THEODORE J. ISAACS, and URBAN A. LAVERY, both of Chicago, for appellees.

Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court.

On January 11, 1955, Roger Flaherty filed a complaint in the circuit court of Cook County against the Board of Election Commissioners of the city of Chicago and its members. He alleged that he and others similarly situated were members of the Republican Party who had voted in the State and county Republican primary election in April of 1954, that they desired to vote in the Democratic...

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