SAMOUR, INC. v. BOARD OF ELECTION COM'RS

Nos. 101902, 102227.

866 N.E.2d 137 (2007)

224 Ill.2d 530

SAMOUR, INC., et al., Appellees, v. The BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS OF the CITY OF CHICAGO, Appellant. Mashni Corporation et al., Appellants, v. The Board of Election Commissioners of the City of Chicago et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied March 26, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Scanlon and Joan T. Agnew, Chicago, for appellant in No. 101902.

William J. Cooley and Michael E. Lavelle, Chicago, for appellees in No. 101902.

William J. Cooley and Michael E. Lavelle, Chicago, for appellants in No. 102227.

James M. Scanlon and Joan T. Agnew, Chicago, for appellee in No. 102227.

Patricia F. Sharkey, Marc Kadish and Russell R. Eggert, of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, LLP, Chicago, for intervenors Barbara A. Stanley and Paul Uhl.


Justice KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

In separate complaints, the two sets of plaintiffs in these consolidated appeals, Mashni Corporation et al. (Mashni) and Samour, Inc., et al. (Samour), challenged the validity of a local option election held under the Liquor Control Act of 1934 (Act) (235 ILCS 5/9-1 et seq. (West 2002)), based on alleged errors in the form of the ballots. The complaints both alleged that the Chinese...

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