BERGMAN v. VACHATA

No. 1-04-0138.

807 N.E.2d 558 (2004)

347 Ill. App.3d 339

282 Ill.Dec. 934

Catherine BERGMAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Maria VACHATA, Individually and as Village President; Edward Metz, Jr., Individually and as Village Clerk and as Local Election Official; Mark Anderson, as the Longest-Serving Village Trustee; The Village of Lyons Municipal Electoral Board; Antoine Parker, Proponent; and David Orr, as Cook County Clerk, Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

March 12, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Odelson & Sterk, Ltd., Evergreen Park (Burton S. Odelson, Tiffany A. Nelson, of counsel), for Appellant.

Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago (Richard A. Devine, Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Mary Scarlett Wilson, Donna M. Lach, of counsel), for David Orr-Appellee.

Ellen Raymond, Western Springs (Ellen Raymond, of counsel), for Other Appellees.


Justice GALLAGHER delivered the opinion of the court:

This case is an appeal of a final order of the circuit court of Cook County affirming the order of the Village of Lyons Municipal Electoral Board (the Electoral Board) directing that a public question be printed on the ballot for the March 16, 2004, primary election in the Village of Lyons (Village). The public question is a back door referendum that would allow the citizens of the Village to vote regarding the...

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