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BURRIS v. WHITE

No. 107816.

901 N.E.2d 895 (2009)

232 Ill.2d 1

Roland W. BURRIS et al., Petitioners, v. Jesse WHITE, Secretary of State, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 9, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy W. Wright III, Philip Holloway and Emmitt C. House, of Gonzalez, Saggio & Harlan, L.L.C., Chicago, for petitioners.

Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, Brett E. Legner, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, for respondent, and Jesse White, Secretary of State, Springfield, respondent pro se.

Stephen Stern, Chicago, for amicus curiae Cook County Bar Association.

OPINION

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

The issue presented by this original action for mandamus is whether Jesse White, the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, is required by section 5(1) of the Secretary of State Act (15 ILCS 305/5(1) (West 2006)) to countersign and affix the seal of the state to the document issued by Governor Rod R. Blagojevich on December...

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