BLACKSHIRE v. N.A.A.C.P.

No. 1-95-1345.

673 N.E.2d 1059 (1996)

285 Ill. App.3d 561

220 Ill.Dec. 638

Gregory BLACKSHIRE, Milton Mosely, Marvin Mosely, Cevon Hill, Christopher Jones, Mark Barnsdale and Earl Ring, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR the ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (NAACP), INC., and NAACP Southside Branch, Chicago, Illinois, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

November 21, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Montgomery & Associates, Chicago (James D. Montgomery of counsel), Dennis Courtland Hayes, General Counsel, NAACP, Inc., Baltimore, MD, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago (Timothy S. Bishop, Jeffrey W. Sarles, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellants.

Cook & Revak, Ltd., Chicago (Rufus Cook, Barbara Revak, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellees.


Justice SHEILA M. O'BRIEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (the NAACP), appeals from the trial court's order enjoining it from denying certain youth members the right to vote in the election of officers to its southside branch. We granted a stay of the injunction pending appeal. We reverse the trial court and dissolve the injunction.

The relevant facts of this case are undisputed...

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