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FOREEN v. STRATTON

No. 34144.

9 Ill.2d 618 (1956)

138 N.E.2d 503

MARSHALL C. FOREEN et al., Appellants, v. WILLIAM G. STRATTON et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 26, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FREDERIC D. HOUGHTELING, F. RAYMOND MARKS, JR., WILLIAM F. PRICE, and JOHN B. WOLFF, all of Chicago, for appellants.

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, (WILLIAM C. WINES, RAYMOND S. SARNOW, and A. ZOLA GROVES, of counsel,) for certain appellees, and JOHN F. TYRRELL, and EUCLID LOUIS TAYLOR, both of Chicago, for other appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

In each of two cases the plaintiffs sought declaratory judgments that section 8-13 and related sections of the Election Code, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, chap. 46, par. 8-13,) are unconstitutional. Each complaint alleged that the Representative Committees of the Republican and Democratic parties had adopted resolutions limiting the number of candidates to be nominated for the office of...

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