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PEOPLE EX REL. HANRAHAN v. BECK

No. 45546.

54 Ill.2d 561 (1973)

301 N.E.2d 281

THE PEOPLE ex rel. EDWARD V. HANRAHAN, State's Attorney, Appellee, v. THOMAS P. BECK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 27, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THOMAS R. MULROY and MICHAEL F. DUHL, both of Chicago (HOPKINS, SUTTER, OWEN, MULROY & DAVIS, of counsel), for appellant.

BERNARD CAREY, State's Attorney, of Chicago (PAUL P. BIEBEL, JR., Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.

LOUIS ANCEL and STEWART H. DIAMOND, both of Chicago (ANCEL, GLINK, DIAMOND & MURPHY, of counsel), for amici curiae League of Women Voters of Cook County and League of Women Voters of Illinois.

Reversed and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

This direct appeal by leave of court (50 Ill.2d R. 302(b)) is taken from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County holding unconstitutional an ordinance (72-0-54) adopted by the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

The ordinance in question created a new office of Cook County Comptroller and provided that this office was to be filled by appointment by the President...

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