PEOPLE EX REL. RUDMAN v. RINI

Nos. 48194, 48232.

64 Ill.2d 321 (1976)

356 N.E.2d 4

THE PEOPLE ex rel. MARTIN RUDMAN, State's Attorney, Appellee, v. DOMINIC RINI et al., Appellants. — THE PEOPLE ex rel. DOROTHY J. CRAIG, Appellee, v. WESLEY T. HARDIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cirricione, Block & Krockey, of Joliet (Joseph M. Cernugel, of counsel), for appellant Dominic Rini.

George S. Bellas, Special State's Attorney, and Thomas R. Wilson, Assistant Special State's Attorney, both of Joliet, for appellants the Will County Board and individual members thereof.

Martin Rudman, State's Attorney, of Joliet (Nicholas E. Sakellariou, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), pro se. People ex rel. Martin Rudman.

Winstein, Kavensky, Wallace & Doughty, of Rock Island (Stewart R. Winstein and Franklin S. Wallace, of counsel), for appellant.

Katz, McAndrews, Durkee & Telleen, of Rock Island (Stuart R. Lefstein, of counsel), for appellee.


Reversed and remanded. Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI delivered the opinion of the court:

Public Act 79-118 (Laws of 1975, at 366) became effective July 8, 1975. It amended, inter alia, section 25-11 of the Election Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 46, par. 25-11), which provided for the selection of county officers in counties of less than 500,000 population whenever a vacancy occurred between elections, and section 9 of "An Act relating...

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