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PEO. EX REL. SCOTT v. KERNER

No. 39201.

33 Ill.2d 460 (1965)

211 N.E.2d 736

THE PEOPLE ex rel. William J. Scott et al., Petitioners, v. OTTO KERNER, Governor, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 19, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

KIRKLAND, ELLIS, HODSON, CHAFFETZ & MASTERS, of Chicago, (DON H. REUBEN, of counsel,) for petitioners.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, (RICHARD A. MICHAEL, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel,) for respondents.

Provisional congressional reapportionment adopted.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

In the earlier opinion in this cause (People ex rel. Scott v. Kerner, 32 Ill.2d 539), this court held that the Illinois congressional districts established by the General Assembly in 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1963, chap. 46, par. 156 f. 1) were invalid as violative...

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