Harold B. SMITH and Illinois Republican Party, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Kenneth R. BOYLE et al., in their official capacity as members of the Illinois State Board of Elections, Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued December 5, 1997.
Decided May 21, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
James R. Schirott (argued), Schirott & Luetkehans, Itasca, IL, Patrick J. O'Shea, Lombard, IL, Patrick K. Bond, Bond, Mork & Dickson, Wheaton, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Rita M. Novak, A. Benjamin Goldgar (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.
Dennis A. Rendleman, Athena T. Taite, Illinois State Bar Association, Springfield, IL, for Amicus Curiae.
Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and BAUER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The Illinois Republican Party and its chairman appeal from the dismissal, 959 F.Supp. 982 (C.D.Ill.1997), on grounds of justiciability, of their suit for a declaration that the method prescribed by the state constitution for electing justices of the Supreme Court of Illinois in Cook County violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. See Ill. Const. Art. VI, §§ 2, 3. As amended...
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