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MASHNI CORP. EX REL. MASHNI v. LASKI

No. 1-03-0375.

814 N.E.2d 879 (2004)

351 Ill. App.3d 727

286 Ill.Dec. 653

MASHNI CORPORATION, by Farida MASHNI; S. & T., Inc., by Tae Hwan Han, Sheldon Willis, Ronald Ison, Charles Jaskiewicz, Eugene Bramlett, Thomas V. Nowczyk, Donna J. Youmans, Judy A. Brown, and Belinda Ransom, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. James J. LASKI, Clerk of the City of Chicago, and The Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago, Defendants (Barbara Stanley, Paul Uhl, Michael Roper, Richard Schumacher, Rand Ringgenberg, Anita Pike, and Louise Molnar, Intervenors-Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied August 27, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Lavelle, of Lavelle & Motta, Ltd., and William J. Cooley, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Patricia F. Sharkey, Marc Kadish, Russell R. Eggert, Graham C. Grady, of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP.

Justice McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

The Liquor Control Act of 1934 allows individual political precincts in cities of more than 200,000 inhabitants to hold binding referenda as to whether to prohibit the retail sale of alcoholic liquor within their geographic boundaries. 235 ILCS 5/9-2 (West 2002) (Act). A "local option" referendum will be printed on a precinct's ballot when at least 25% of its legal voters sign a petition in favor of putting the question...

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