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WINTERS v. ILLINOIS STATE BD. OF ELECTIONS

Nos. 01 C 50229, 01 C 6566.

197 F.Supp.2d 1110 (2001)

David WINTERS, Patricia Reid Lindner, J. Bradley Burzynski, Yolanda Campuzano, Armando Cardenas, Guadalupe Garcia, and Willie Jordan, Jr., registered voters and Illinois citizens, Plaintiffs, v. ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS and Ronald D. Michaelson, in his capacity as Executive Director of the Illinois State Board of Elections, Defendants. Ben Barnow, individually as a registered voter, Plaintiff, v. Jim RYAN, in his official capacity as the Illinois Attorney General, Jesse White, in his official capacity as the Illinois Secretary of State, the State Board of Elections and its members, John R. Keith, William M. McGuffage, David E. Murray, Philip R. O'Connor, Albert Porter, Elaine Roupas, Wanda L. Rednour, and Jesse Smart, all named in their official capacities, the Illinois Legislative Redistricting Commission and its members, Tom Cross, Barbara Flynn Currie, Vince Demuzio, Walter Dudycz, Raymond Ewell, Thomas Marcucci, Thomas McCracken, and Jorge Ramirez, all named in their official capacities, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Western Division.

November 20, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Gus Sotos, Dana M. Shannon, Hervas, Sotos, Condon & Bersani, Itasca, IL, David S. Acker, Wheaton, IL, for plaintiffs.

Terry A. Ekl, Connolly, Ekl & Williams, P.C., Clarendon Hills, IL, for intervenor plaintiff.

Kathleen Kreisel Flahaven, Don R. Sampen, Jeffery P. Gray, Ill. Atty. General's Office, Chicago, IL, for defendants.

William J. Harte, William J. Harte, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for movant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

REINHARD, Circuit Judge.

On September 28, 2001, this court heard consolidated oral argument in the above two cases. That same day, due to impending deadlines imposed by the Illinois Constitution and the necessity of an immediate decision, the court announced its decision from the bench and entered orders disposing of both cases with a written opinion to follow in due course. This is that opinion.1

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