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STEVENSON v. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS

No. 86 C 2800.

638 F.Supp. 547 (1986)

Adlai E. STEVENSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, Defendants, Mark Fairchild, Dominick J. Jeffrey, George M. Laurence, and Elma J. Washington, Intervenors.

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

May 16, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly R. Welsh, John E. Muench, Richard W. Shepro, Rosanne J. Araci, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Michael J. Hayes, Roger Flahaven, James R. Carroll, Bart Murphy, Robert McFarland, Asst. Attys. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

Russell J. Stewart, Park Ridge, Ill., for intervenors.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PARSONS, District Judge.

The problem posed by this case was presented on April 23, 1986. Subject to appeal, the attention of this court to it should be completed with this ruling. It raises this question: Is the Illinois statute establishing the filing deadline for persons seeking to run as independent candidates in the general election to state and county offices in this state unconstitutional?

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