PEOPLE v. VILLAGE OF DOLTON

Gen. No. 53,902.

118 Ill. App.2d 392 (1969)

254 N.E.2d 832

People of the State of Illinois ex rel. The Vigilant Party, a New Political Party, in the Village of Dolton, County of Cook, State of Illinois, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The Village of Dolton and Estelle Wilk, Village Clerk, Village of Dolton, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Fourth Division.

December 31, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew J. Beemsterboer, Brunswick, Beemsterboer & Jemilo, of Blue Island, and Frank Glazer, of Chicago, for appellants.

Chester Stasack and Arthur Dillner, of Dolton, and Irwin D. Bloch and Louis M. Leider, of Chicago, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs, the Vigilant Party and its candidates for municipal office in the Village of Dolton, petitioned for a writ of mandamus to compel defendants, the Village of Dolton and Estelle Wilk, Village Clerk, to place plaintiffs' names on the ballot for the general election to be held April 15, 1969. Defendants denied plaintiffs' places on the ballot. The trial...

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