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COALITION FOR POLITICAL HONESTY v. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS

Nos. 48746, 48758.

65 Ill.2d 453 (1976)

359 N.E.2d 138

THE COALITION FOR POLITICAL HONESTY et al., Plaintiffs, v. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS et al., Defendants. — ELMER GERTZ et al., Appellees, v. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Announced August 31, 1976.

Rehearing denied January 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth F. Levin, of Beatty, Levin & Holland, of Chicago, for plaintiffs.

John H. Bickley, Jr., of Bickley & Stern, and Franklin J. Lunding, Jr., and Michael E. Lavelle, all of Chicago, for defendants.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Chicago (Herbert Lee Caplan, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellants State Board of Elections et al.

Thomas R. Meites, of Chicago, for appellants Coalition for Political Honesty et al.

Ancel, Glink, Diamond & Murphy, O'Keefe, Ashenden & Lyons, and Witwer, Moran, Burlage & Atkinson, all of Chicago (Louis Ancel, Stewart H. Diamond, Gordon V. Levine, Thomas G. Lyons, and Samuel W. Witwer, of counsel), for appellees.

Petition dismissed. Judgment affirmed.

PER CURIAM:

These consolidated cases involve an initiative petition proposing three amendments to article IV, the legislative article of the Illinois Constitution of 1970. In cause No. 48758 the plaintiffs, who are citizens and taxpayers of Illinois, filed an action in the circuit court of Cook County seeking to enjoin the State Board of Elections and other State and county officials from expending approximately $1,750...

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