LOCKHART v. COOK COUNTY OFFICERS ELECTORAL

No. 1-02-0576.

767 N.E.2d 428 (2002)

328 Ill. App.3d 838

262 Ill.Dec. 968

William LOCKHART and Ralph Bellamy, Petitioners-Appellants, v. COOK COUNTY OFFICERS ELECTORAL BOARD, and its members Daniel Madden, Thomas V. Lyons, and Bernadette Freeman, as designees for David D. Orr, Cook County Clerk, Richard A. Devine, Cook County State's Attorney, and Dorothy Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court, and Steven Burris, Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

March 15, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Evangeline Levison, Chicago (Evangeline Levison, of counsel), for Appellants.

Richard A. Devine, Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago (Patrick T. Driscoll, Donna M. Lach and Benjamin Bilton, of counsel), for Appellees County Officers Electoral Board and its members, David Orr, Dorothy Brown and Richard A. Devine.

Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Ltd., Chicago (Mathias w. Delort and W. Grant Farrar, of counsel), for Appellee Steven Burris.


Justice FROSSARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioners William Lockhart and Ralph Bellamy appeal the trial court's judgment affirming the decision of the Cook County Officers Electoral Board (Electoral Board) finding that the nomination papers of respondent Steven Burris, a candidate for the office of Member of the Cook County Board of Review (Board of Review), were valid and contained a sufficient number of signatures to warrant inclusion of his name on...

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