THE CHICAGO BAR ASSOCIATION et al., Appellants,
v.
THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS et al. (Tax Accountability Amendment Committee et al., Appellees).
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Opinion filed August 22, 1990.
Opinion filed August 22, 1990.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Leonard M. Ring and Leslie J. Rosen, of Leonard M. Ring & Associates, P.C., and Rene A. Torrado, Jr., of Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, all of Chicago, for appellants.
Robert J. Ruiz, Solicitor General, and Michael J. Hayes, James R. Carroll and Roger P. Flahaven, Assistant Attorneys General, all of Chicago, for the State Board of Elections et al. and for amicus curiae Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General.
Rivkin, Radler, Bayh, Hart & Kremer, of Chicago (Steven R. Merican and Michelle J. Gilbert, of counsel), for appellee Tax Accountability Amendment Committee.
Sherman Carmell, of Carmell, Charone, Widmer, Mathews & Moss, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Chicago Federation of Labor & Industrial Union Council.
Michael L. Shakman, R. Dickey Hamilton and Barry A. Miller, of Miller, Shakman, Hamilton & Kurtzon, of Chicago, for amici curiae Citizens for Fair Tax Policy et al.
Mitchell Roth, of Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois Education Association-NEA.
Maurice E. Bone and Dennis A. Rendleman, of Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois State Bar Association.
Joel A. D'Alba, Lester Asher and Stephen Feinberg, of Asher, Gittler, Greenfield, Cohen & D'Alba, Ltd., of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois State Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organization.
W. Robert Blair and Steven R. Blair, of Blair & Blair, of Chicago, for amicus curiae George H. Ryan.
Joseph A. Morris and Peter G. Gallanis, of Chicago (Morris, Rathnau & De La Rosa, of counsel), for amicus curiae Lincoln Legal Foundation.
Richard S. Williamson and Steven K. Skinner, both of Chicago, for amicus curiae Jim Edgar.
Supreme Court of Illinois.
Reversed and remanded.
JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:
This case involves a proposed amendment to article IV of the Illinois Constitution by use of the initiative procedure set forth in section 3 of article XIV of the Illinois Constitution of 1970. A committee collected nearly 500,000 signatures in support of a petition to place the proposed initiative amendment on the ballot for the November 6, 1990, general election. This petition and the...
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