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FILES v. CITY OF ROCKFORD

No. 18234.

440 F.2d 811 (1971)

James M. FILES, Arlene Magnuson, Leonard Green & George Didier, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF ROCKFORD, City of Rockford Board of Election Commissioners, Andrew J. Doyle, Marshall R. Wedman & Richard A. Reese, as members of the Board of Election Commissioners, John A. Anderson, Alderman 6th Ward, City of Rockford, Benjamin T. Schleicher, Mayor of Rockford, Phillip Reinhard, State's Attorney, County of Winnebago, and Richard H. Lyford, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

March 8, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Schirger, Knight, Ingrassia & Schirger, Rockford, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Donald J. Veverka, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., Philip G. Reinhard, Stanley H. Guyer, Rockford, Ill., for defendants-appellees; Francis T. Crowe, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.

Before KILEY, PELL and STEVENS, Circuit Judges.

PELL, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs from the district court's dismissal of their amended four count complaint.

Counts I, II and III alleged generally that certain violations of the Illinois Election Code occurred during the city election held in Rockford, Illinois on April 1, 1969. The alleged violations, as well as other alleged improprieties in connection with the election, are charged to most of the defendants in their capacities as...

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