JAKSTAS v. KOSKE

No. 2-04-0872.

817 N.E.2d 200 (2004)

352 Ill. App.3d 861

288 Ill.Dec. 75

Peter F. JAKSTAS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nancy KOSKE, as Chairperson of the Electoral Board of the Village of Fox Lake, Noel Working, as Member of the Electoral Board of the Village of Fox Lake, Ted Besko, as Member of the Electoral Board of the Village of Fox Lake, and the Electoral Board of the Village of Fox Lake, Defendants (Matthew Kovar, as Objector, Defendant-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

October 15, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton S. Odelson, Odelson & Sterk, Ltd., Evergreen Park, Keith L. Hunt, Hunt & Associates, P.C., Chicago, for Matthew Kovar.

George D. Theophilos, Daniels, Long & Pinsel, LLC, Waukegan, for Peter F. Jakstas.

Howard R. Teegen, Soffietti, Johnson, Teegen, Phillips & Morozin, Fox Lake, for Ted Besko, Electoral Board of the Village of Fox Lake, Nancy Koske and Noel Working.


Justice BOWMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a hearing, the Electoral Board of the Village of Fox Lake (Board) sustained an objection filed by defendant Matthew Kovar challenging the sufficiency of a citizen's public question referendum petition. Plaintiff, Peter Jakstas, sought judicial review. The circuit court of Lake County reversed the decision of the Board, ordering that the public question be placed upon the November 2004 ballot. On appeal,...

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