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RICHARDS v. LAVELLE

No. 80 C 154.

483 F.Supp. 732 (1980)

Thomas J. RICHARDS, James Hicks and James Twine, Plaintiffs, v. Michael E. LAVELLE, Marie H. Suthers, and Corneal A. Davis, in their capacity as members of the Board of Election Commissioners of the City of Chicago, State of Ill., Defendants. Cecil A. Partee and Howard L. Stevenson, Intervening Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

January 28, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian H. Levin, Paul Cottrell, Karon, Morrison & Savikas, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Jayne W. Barnard, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for Chicago Council of Lawyers as amicus curiae.

Michael Levinson, Gen. Counsel, Board of Elections Commissioners, Tom Scheuneman, O'Brien, Carey, McNamara, Scheuneman & Campbell, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

Cecil A. Partee & Arthur R. Waddy, Chicago, Ill., for intervening defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MORAN, District Judge.

In December, 1979, plaintiff Thomas J. Richards filed his nominating papers for the office of Democratic Ward Committeeman of Chicago's 20th Ward. His petitions contained 2083 signatures. On January 4, 1980, defendants in their capacity as members of the Board of Election Commissioners of the City of Chicago upheld an objection to the petitions on the ground "that the...

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