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SHAW v. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION

No. 77-1102.

63 Ill. App.3d 219 (1978)

379 N.E.2d 888

MICHAEL S. SHAW et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed August 8, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foss, Schuman & Drake, of Chicago, for appellants.

Kirkland & Ellis, of Chicago (Don H. Reuben, Leo K. Wykell, and Samuel Fifer, of counsel), for appellee.

Order affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE BROWN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, members of the International Law Section of the American Bar Association (hereinafter ABA), filed an action against the ABA for temporary and permanent injunctive relief. They alleged that a portion of a Section bylaw provision constitutes a constitutionally impermissible poll tax by requiring registration at the ABA's annual meeting as a prerequisite to voting in the Section...

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