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GJERTSEN v. BOARD OF ELECTION COM'RS

Nos. 84-1373, 84-1379.

751 F.2d 199 (1984)

Edward W. GJERTSEN and Ed H. Smith, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS OF the CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Richard Johnson, Isham, Lincoln & Beale, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Michael Levinson, Bd. of Election Comm., Michael C. Moses, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Before WOOD and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs in these consolidated civil rights suits brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 consist of persons who either were candidates for Ward Committeeman of either the Democratic or Republican Party in the primary election that was held on March 20, 1984, in Chicago, or wanted to vote for these candidates. The suits were brought early in 1984, and principally sought to enjoin the City's Board of Election Commissioners from enforcing a...

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