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THIES v. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS

No. 66389.

124 Ill.2d 317 (1988)

529 N.E.2d 565

DAVID C. THIES, Appellee, v. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (A.L. Zimmer, Special Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard L. Thies and David C. Thies, of Webber & Thies, P.C., of Urbana, for appellee.

Thomas J. Difanis, State's Attorney, of Urbana (Trisha Crowley, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for amicus curiae County Board of Champaign County.

Affirmed.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, David C. Thies, brought this action in the circuit court of Champaign County seeking a declaration that recent statutory amendments relating to the circuit courts are unconstitutional. Public Act 85-866, as amended by Public Act 85-903, inter alia, created a new circuit judgeship for the sixth judicial circuit. (See Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 37, par. 72.2c(2).) The legislation...

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