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LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF ILLINOIS v. REDNOUR

No. 96-1561.

108 F.3d 768 (1997)

LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF ILLINOIS, Mike Ginsberg, R.W. Baruth, Jr., Carrie Belt, Jeannette Clinkenbroomer, Greg Engstrom, Robert H. Franke, Robert J. Johnston, Charles Melalitz, John Nelson, Dan O'Connell, Paul Salander, Gale Teschendorf, Lyn Tinsley, Anne Wagner, and Martin G. Yasus, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Wanda L. REDNOUR, Hannelore Huisman, Kenneth R. Boyle, Judith A. Jones, Mitchell B. Kobelinski, David E. Murray, Langdon D. Neal, and Theresa M. Petrone, in their Official Capacities as Members of the Illinois State Board of Elections, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Sinawski (argued), New York City, Andrew B. Spiegel, Wheaton, IL, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Mary E. Welsh (argued), Officer of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, RIPPLE, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

This case resolves whether certain provisions of the Illinois Election Code unconstitutionally impair the ability of a new political party to place its congressional candidates on the general election ballot. The plaintiffs-appellants consist of one entity and two groups of individuals: the Libertarian Party of Illinois (including its chairperson), seven candidates who sought the party's nomination for United States Representative in the Illinois...

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