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PEOPLE EX REL. SULLIVAN v. POWELL

No. 39915.

35 Ill.2d 19 (1966)

217 N.E.2d 806

THE PEOPLE ex rel. Harold W. Sullivan et al., Petitioners, v. PAUL POWELL, Secretary of State, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 16, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THOMAS P. SULLIVAN and HUGH M. KING, both of Chicago, (RAYMOND, MAYER, JENNER & BLOCK, of Chicago,) for petitioners.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, (RICHARD A. MICHAEL and PHILIP J. ROCK, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel,) for respondent.

Writ awarded.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

We granted the motion of petitioners, associate circuit judges of Cook County, for leave to file an original petition for mandamus to determine whether the respondent Secretary of State shall record their declaration of candidacy to succeed themselves and certify their candidacies for re-election in the November 8, 1966, general election.

Petitioners were elected judges of the...

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