ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE REDISTRICTING v. LaPAILLE

No. 91 C 6318.

782 F.Supp. 1267 (1991)

ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE REDISTRICTING COMMISSION, George H. Ryan, as Illinois Secretary of State, David Reed, Al Jourdan, Frank Watson, Robert Churchill, Gene Hoffman and Dallas Ingemunson, Plaintiffs, v. Gary J. LaPAILLE, Chairman of the Illinois State Democratic Central Committee, on behalf of the Democratic Party of Illinois, Roland W. Burris, in his capacity as Illinois Attorney General, Joseph Gardner, Robert L. Lucas, Lovana Jones, Dan Barreiro, William Shepard, Jr., John Lee Johnson, Gwendolyn Scott, Laura Barth, Warren Dorris, Marvin French, Jayme Cain, Percy Conway, Joseph Belman, Luis Albarasin, Crotis Teague, Jr., Henry Landrau, Carolyn Toney, Fred Smith, Charlie Wilson, Jr., Bobby E. Thompson, Henry Martinez, Roberto Gonzalez, Anita Garcia, Maria A. Moralez, Marta Caldero, Consuelo Zemaitis, J. Richard Mota, Dave Duran, Teresa Fraga Orosco, Beverly Area Planning Association, William Gainer, Mt. Greenwood Civic Association, Curt Mentzer, Paula Derbak, Sharon Hanlon, Thomas C. Hynes, Jeremiah Joyce, James Keane, Thaddeus "Ted" Lechowicz, Robert J. Bugielski, the Polish American Congress Inc., Rebecca W. Owens, individually and as President of the Illinois Women's Political Caucus, Gay E. Bruhn, individually and as President of the Illinois National Organization for Women, Mary Finger, individually and as Chair of the Women Network, United Food and Commercial Worker Union, Marisa L. L'Heureux, individually and as President of the Chicago National Organization for Women, Carol Travis, individually and as President of Local 719, United Auto Workers Union, Wilfred G. Stewart, individually and as President of the American Association of University Women, Sara Tompson, individually and as President of the Champaign County National Organization for Women, Mary Mari Anna Murphy, individually and as President of the Twin Cities Business and Professional Women, Ava George, individually and as President of The Agenda, Sandra M. Scott, individually and as President of the Illinois Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Bruce Crosby, Miguel Del Valle, Jim McPike, Jerome Joyce, Eartharin Cousin, Tom Lyons, Individually and on Behalf of all Others Similarly Situated, Defendants.

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

December 31, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Francis Molo, Dan K. Webb, Catherine W. Joyce, Thomas Vernon Skinner, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, Ill., James Robert Schirott, Schirott & Associates, P.C., Itasca, Ill., for Illinois Legislative Redistricting Com'n, Al Jourdan, Frank Watson, Robert Churchill, Gene Hoffman, Dallas Ingemunson.

Jeffrey D. Colman, Thomas Shane O'Neill, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for Illinois Legislative Redistricting Com'n, Al Jourdan, Frank Watson, Gary J. LaPaille, Bruce Crosby, Miguel Del Valle, Jim McPike, Jerome Joyce, Eartharin Cousin, Tom Lyons, Roland W. Burris, Joseph Gardner, Robert L. Lucas, Lovana Jones, Dan Barreiro, William Shepard, Jr., John Lee Johnson, Gwendolyn Scott, Laura Barth, Warren Dorris, Marvin French, Jayme Cain, Percy Conway, Joseph Belman, Luis Albarasin, Crotis Teague, Jr., Henry Landrau, Carolyn Toney, Fred Smith, Charlie Wilson, Jr., Bobby E. Thompson, Henry Martinez, Roberto Gonzalez, Anita Garcia, Maria A. Morales, Marta Caldero, Consuelo Zemaitis, J. Richard Mota, Dave Duran, Teresa Fraga Orosco, Beverly Area Planning Ass'n, William Gainer, Mt. Greenwood Civic Ass'n, Curt Mentzer, Paula Derbak, Sharon Hanlon, Thomas C. Hynes, Jeremiah Joyce, James Keane, Thaddeus Lechowicz, Robert J. Bugielski, Polish American Congress, Inc., Rebecca W. Owens, Gay E. Bruhn, Mary Finger, Marisa L. L'Heureux, Carol Travis, Wilfred G. Stewart, Mary Ellen Smyth, Sara Tompson, Mary Mari Anna Murphy, Ava George, Sandra M. Scott.

Richard J. Prendergast, Richard J. Prendergast, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for Gary J. LaPaille.

Matthew J. Piers, Jonathan A. Rothstein, Gessler, Flynn, Fleischmann, Hughes & Socol, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for Miguel Del Valle.

Joseph E. Tighe, Richard J. Prendergast, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for Jim McPike, Jerome Joyce, Eartharin Cousin, Tom Lyons.

James R. Carroll, Roger Philip Flahaven, Illinois Atty. General's Office, Chicago, Ill., for Roland W. Burris.

Robert L. Tucker, Tucker, Watson, Butler & Todd, Joseph E. Tighe, Richard J. Prendergast, Ltd., William J. Harte, Stephen L. Garcia, Courtney Carlton Nottage, William J. Harte, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for Joseph Gardner, Lovana Jones, Dan Barreiro, William Shepard, Jr., John Lee Johnson, Gwendolyn Scott, Laura Barth, Warren Dorris, Marvin French, Jayme Cain, Percy Conway, Joseph Belman, Luis Albarasin, Crotis Teague, Jr., Henry Landrau, Carolyn Toney, Fred Smith, Charlie Wilson, Jr., Bobby E. Thompson.


ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge.

Before the court are the defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiffs' first amended complaint and the plaintiffs' motions to join necessary parties, for leave to file a third amended complaint,1 and for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction on the third amended complaint. For the following reasons, the plaintiffs' motion to file a third amended complaint is granted, rendering the...

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