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SMITH v. BOYLE

No. 97-3005.

959 F.Supp. 982 (1997)

Harold B. SMITH, Dallas C. Ingemunson, Al Jourdan and the Illinois Republican Party, Plaintiffs, v. Kenneth R. BOYLE, Hannelore Huisman, Judith A. Jones, Mitchell P. Kobelinski, David E. Murray, Langdon D. Neal, Theresa M. Petrone, Wanda L. Rednour, only in their official capacities as members of the Illinois State Board of Elections, and George H. Ryan, only in his official capacity as Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

April 16, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Schirott, Phillip A. Luetkehans, Mary E. Dickson, Kenneth Edward Johnson, Schirott & Associates, Itasca, IL, Byron G. Cudmore, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Springfield, IL, Patrick J. O'Shea, Lombard, IL, Patrick K. Bond, Mirabella & Kincaid, Wheaton, IL, for plaintiffs Harold Smith, Dallas C. Ingemunson and Al Jourdan.

James R. Schirott, Phillip A. Luetkehans, Mary E. Dickson, Kenneth Edward Johnson, Schirott & Associates, Itasca, IL, Patrick J. O'Shea, Lombard, IL, Patrick K. Bond, Mirabella & Kincaid, Wheaton, IL, for plaintiff Republican Party of Illinois.

Charles R. Schmadeke, Office of the Attorney General, Springfield, IL, for defendants.

Mary Lee Leahy, Leahy Law Offices, Springfield, IL, Donald M. Craven, Donald M. Craven, P.C., Springfield, IL, William R. Quinlan, James R. Carroll, Quinlan & Crisham, P.C., Chicago, IL, Dennis A. Rendleman, Illinois State Bar Association, Springfield, IL, for intervenor.

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

In the main, federal courts should stay out of political matters. Federal judges have no business meddling in uniquely state questions unless those issues are in direct conflict with the United States Constitution.

In 1877, the U.S. Supreme Court held that to redress legislative action, "the people must resort to the polls, not to the courts."1

The bottom line: This...

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