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BLUTHARDT v. BRESLIN

No. 49857.

74 Ill.2d 246 (1979)

384 N.E.2d 1309

EDWARD E. BLUTHARDT et al., Appellees, v. PEG McDONNELL BRESLIN et al. — (Peg McDonnell Breslin, Appellant.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Giffin, Winning, Lindner, Newkirk, Cohen & Bodewes, of Springfield (Herman G. Bodewes and John R. Keith, of counsel), for appellant.

Andrew M. Raucci, of Chicago, for appellees.

Lee J. Schwartz, of Chicago (David A. Epstein, Thomas Scheuneman, Michael Pollak, and Ronald Nelson, of counsel), for amici curiae William A. Redmond, Speaker of the House, Thomas C. Hynes, President of the Senate, George H. Ryan, House Minority Leader, and David C. Shapiro, Senate Minority Leader.

Vacated and remanded.

MR. JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a direct appeal from an order of the circuit court of Sangamon County, entered on August 12, 1977. The trial court, relying on this court's decision in People ex rel. Rudman v. Rini (1976), 64 Ill.2d 321, declared unconstitutional those portions of section 25-6 of the Election Code which provide the method of appointment to fill...

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