PEOPLE EX REL. MEYER v. KERNER

No. 40127.

35 Ill.2d 33 (1966)

219 N.E.2d 617

THE PEOPLE ex rel. J. Theodore Meyer et al., Petitioners, v. OTTO GERNER et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 13, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

KIRKLAND, ELLIS, HODSON, CHAFFETZ & MASTERS, DON E. REUBEN, LAWRENCE GUNNELS, and DAVID W. RUTTENBERG, all of Chicago, for petitioners.

WILLIAM G. CLARK, Attorney General, of Springfield, and DANIEL P. WARD, State's Attorney, and STANLEY T. KUSPER, JR., both of Chicago, for respondents.


Writ awarded.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

An original petition for a writ of mandamus has been filed, pursuant to leave, by J. Theodore Meyer and Mary K. Meany, nominees of the Republican Party for the office of Representative in the Illinois General Assembly for the 28th Representative District. The respondents are the members of the State Electoral Board, the County Clerk of Cook County, the members of the Board of Election...

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