TOBIN FOR GOVERNOR v. ILLINOIS STATE BD. OF ELECT.

No. 00-3097.

268 F.3d 517 (2001)

TOBIN FOR GOVERNOR, Jean L. Baker, Raymond A. Dubiel, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, and its members, individually and in their official capacities, Hannelore Huisman, Kenneth R. Boyle, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Merican (argued), Woodridge, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Deborah L. Ahlstrand, Office of Atty. Gen., Civ. Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs in this case are several Illinois residents who signed a petition to place a slate of candidates from the Libertarian Party of Illinois ("LPI") on Illinois' general election ballot in November 1998, and Tobin for Governor, a political committee formed for the purpose of electing Libertarian candidate James L. Tobin to the governorship of Illinois (collectively "Tobin for Governor"). Tobin for Governor brought this action under...

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