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WILLIAMS v. KERNER

No. 38106.

30 Ill.2d 11 (1963)

195 N.E.2d 680

GALE WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. OTTO KERNER, Governor, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Announced orally November 13, 1963.

Rehearing denied January 4, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MITCHELL & GREEN, of Murphysboro, for appellant.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, (WILLIAM C. WINES, RAYMOND S. SARNOW, RICHARD A. MICHAEL, and EDWARD A. BERMAN, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

In June, 1963, the General Assembly adopted and sent to the Governor a bill redistricting the State into 59 districts for the purpose of electing State representatives. On July 1, the Governor vetoed the bill. Gale Williams, a State representative, thereupon brought the present action in the circuit court of Sangamon County to declare...

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