PEOPLE EX REL. OGILVIE v. LEWIS

No. 44488.

49 Ill.2d 476 (1971)

274 N.E.2d 87

THE PEOPLE ex rel. RICHARD B. OGILVIE, Petitioner v. JOHN W. LEWIS, Secretary of State, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 4, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, JUSTIN A. STANLEY and ROBERT A. HELMAN, all of Chicago, for petitioners.

DRACH, TERRELL, and DEFFENDAUGH, of Springfield, for respondents.


Writ awarded.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

An act entitled the "Transportation Bond Act," providing for the issuance, sale, and retirement of transportation bonds of the State of Illinois in the amount of $900,000,000, was passed by the 77th General Assembly on June 28, 1971, and approved by the Governor on July 2, 1971. Pursuant to the provisions of that Act, Richard B. Ogilvie, Governor of Illinois, petitioner herein, determined...

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