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REPUBLICAN PARTY v. STATE BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. 85176.

720 N.E.2d 231 (1999)

188 Ill.2d 70

241 Ill.Dec. 776

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY, Appellee, v. The ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS et al. (The Democratic Party of Illinois et al., Appellants).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 21, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Quinlan, Quinlan & Crisham, Ltd., Chicago, for The Democratic Party of Illinois.

Jeffrey B. Fawell, Fawell, Fawell & Kavvadias, Wheaton, for Illinois Republican Party.

Jim Ryan, Attorney General, Civil Appeals Div., Chicago, for other interested parties.

Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

The question presented by this appeal is whether the Illinois State Board of Elections (the Board) must conduct a public hearing on a complaint when the Board fails to determine in a closed preliminary hearing that the complaint was not filed on justifiable grounds. We hold that it must.

BACKGROUND

On February 19, 1997, the Illinois Republican Party filed...

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