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PEOPLE EX REL. DOWNS v. ADAMS

No. 46917.

59 Ill.2d 178 (1974)

319 N.E.2d 465

THE PEOPLE ex rel. ROBERT K. DOWNS et al., Appellees, v. DONALD ADAMS et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Announced September 5, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin J. Lunding, Jr., of Chicago, pro se, appellant.

Michael E. Lavelle, of Chicago, pro se, appellant.

Michael Levinson, of Chicago, for other appellants.

Thomas R. Meites and Edwin R. McCullough, both of Chicago, and Thomas Londrigan, of Springfield, for appellee Robert K. Downs.

Michael J. Goldstein, of Chicago, for appellee Ronald A. Stearney.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves the construction of article 4A of the Governmental Ethics Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 127, pars. 604A-101 through 604A-107.) The controversy arose when the defendants, who constitute the State Board of Elections, refused to certify the plaintiff, Robert K. Downs, and the intervening plaintiff, Ronald A. Stearney, as the duly nominated candidates of their respective...

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