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POLITICAL ACTION CONFERENCE OF ILLINOIS v. DALEY

Nos. 92-1031, 92-1076.

976 F.2d 335 (1992)

POLITICAL ACTION CONFERENCE OF ILLINOIS, Timuel Black, Al Johnson, Joseph Gardner, Timothy C. Wright, Jackie Grimshaw, William Moorehead, Danny Davis, Jr., Maxine Spencer, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Richard M. DALEY, City Council of the City of Chicago, Board of Elections Commission of the City of Chicago, Jim Edgar, Governor, Roland W. Burris, Attorney General, State of Illinois Board of Election Commissioners, Defendants-Appellees, and Anthony C. Laurino, Patrick Huels, Bernard Hansen, John Madrzyk, Ginger Rugai, Mark Fary, John J. Buchanon, Theris M. Gabinski, William Banks, Patrick O'Connor, Eugene Schulter, Lemuel Austin, Jr., Richard Mell, Patrick Levar, James J. Laski, Edwin Eisendrath, Thomas Cullerton, Bernard L. Stone, Mary A. Smith, Thomas W. Murphy, Michael Wojcik, Carole Bialczak, Theodore Mazola, Edward M. Burke, Intervenors-Appellees. Daniel RAMOS, League of Women Voters of Chicago, Linda D. Coronado, Eleanor Elam, Betty Willhoite, Mimi Gilpin, Dietrich Reitzes, Hilde Reitzes, Josefina Gallegos, Roberto E. Gonzalez, Puerto Rican Parade Committee, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHICAGO BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS, Michael J. Hamblet, Chairman, State Board of Election Commissioners, John J. Lanigan, Chairman, Richard M. Daley, Mayor of the City of Chicago, City Council of the City of Chicago, James R. Edgar, Governor of the State of Illinois, Roland W. Burris, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, Defendants-Appellees, and Patrick Huels, Mark Fary, John Madrzyk, Edward M. Burke, Arenda Troutman, Carole Bialczak, Theris M. Gabinski, Richard Mell, Lemuel Austin, Jr., William Banks, Anthony C. Laurino, Patrick O'Connor, Burton Natarus, Edwin Eisendrath, Bernard Hansen, Patrick Levar, Eugene Schulter, Mary A. Smith, Bernard L. Stone, Theodore Mazola, Thomas W. Murphy, Ginger Rugai, James J. Laski, Michael Wojcik, Thomas Cullerton, Intervenors-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 24, 1992.

As Corrected September 29 and October 6, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judson H. Miner (argued), Paul Strauss, Allison S. Davis, Mark S. Kende, Jeffrey Cummings, Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, Roger Price, Barry T. McNamara, Ann H. Theodore, D'Ancona & Pflaum, Ruben Castillo, Kirkland & Ellis, Arturo Jauregui (argued), Ricardo Meza, Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Joel T. Pelz (argued), Jerold S. Solovy, Jenner & Block, Michael Levinson, Board of Election Com'rs, Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Kenneth M. Sullivan, and John J. Madden, Asst. Attys. Gen., Office of the Attorney General, Sharon Baldwin, Jean Dobrer, ACC, Lawrence Rosenthal, DCC, Kelly R. Welsh, ACC, Susan R. Lichtenstein, Benna R. Solomon (argued), Andrew S. Mine, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Jerold S. Solovy, Barry Sullivan, Joel T. Pelz, Thomas C. Buchele, Bonnie B. Koch, Jenner & Block, Richard A. Devine, William K. Blanchard, David A. Bonoma, Pope & John, for intervenors-appellees.

James R. Carroll, Michael J. Hayes, Roger Flahaven, Kenneth M. Sullivan, and John J. Madden, Asst. Attys. Gen., Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee Jim Edgar.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, COFFEY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

BAUER, Chief Judge.

In this consolidated appeal, we review the district court's final order dismissing the complaints in Ramos v. State of Illinois, ("Ramos"), and Political Action Conference of Illinois v. Daley, ("PACI"), 781 F.Supp. 1353 (N.D.Ill.1991). The Ramos and PACI plaintiffs filed their original complaints in December 1990. The Ramos plaintiffs purported to represent a class consisting...

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