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PAPPAS v. CALUMET CITY MUN. OFFICERS' ELECTORAL BD.

No. 1-97-0975.

681 N.E.2d 589 (1997)

288 Ill. App.3d 787

224 Ill.Dec. 274

James J. PAPPAS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. CALUMET CITY MUNICIPAL OFFICERS' ELECTORAL BOARD, Magdalena Wosczynski, Chairman; Dominic Gigliotti, Member; Michelle Qualkinbush, Member; Geary DePue, Objector; David Orr, Cook County Clerk; and Michelle Qualkinbush, City of Calumet City, Illinois, Clerk, Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

Rehearing Denied June 16, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Cooley, Chicago, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Dennis G. Gianopolus, Calumet City, for Respondents-Appellees Calumet City Mun. Officer's Electoral Bd., Magdalena Wosczynski, Dominick Gigliotti & Michelle Qualkinbush.

Richard A. Devine, State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago (Patricia Shymanski, Deputy State's Atty.; Patricia Moser, Jayman A. Avery III, Asst. State's Atty's., of counsel), for Respondent-Appellee David Orr.

Michael E. Lavelle of Lavelle, Juneau & McCollum, Oak Park, for Objector-Appellee.

Justice THEIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioner appeals the trial court's ruling affirming the Calumet City Municipal Officers' Electoral Board's (Board) refusal to order petitioner's name printed on the ballot for Mayor of Calumet City. Petitioner had been convicted of two felonies. Petitioner claims that the trial court erred in ruling that the Municipal Code prohibited petitioner from running for office. Rather, petitioner argues, the Municipal Code...

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