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PEOPLE v. SCHARLAU

No. 4-89-0300.

193 Ill. App.3d 280 (1990)

549 N.E.2d 911

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WILBUR SCHARLAU, Defendant (Ernie A. Cox et al., Defendants-Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed January 4, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthias A. Lydon, of Lydon & Griffin, of Chicago, and Everett L. Laury, of Hutton, Laury, Hesser & Lietz, and M. Eugene Wright, both of Danville, for appellants.

Craig H. DeArmond, State's Attorney, of Danville, for the People.

Judgment reversed.

JUSTICE McCULLOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

The genesis of this appeal is the settlement of a lawsuit brought pursuant to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. § 1973b (1982 & Supp. V 1987)) (Voting Rights Case). The Voting Rights Case involved an allegation that the City of Danville's election practices diluted minority vote. Almost immediately after the voting rights complaint was

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