CHOOSE LIFE ILLINOIS, INC. v. WHITE

No. 07-1349.

547 F.3d 853 (2008)

CHOOSE LIFE ILLINOIS, INCORPORATED, Richard Bergquist, Sue Bergquist, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jesse WHITE, Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 7, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Damon Taaffe (argued), Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner, Washington, DC, Thomas L. Brejcha, Jr., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Paul Berks, Office of the Attorney General, Richard S. Huszagh (argued), Office of the Attorney General Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before MANION, EVANS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Choose Life Illinois, Inc. ("CLI"), collected more than 25,000 signatures from Illinois residents interested in purchasing a "Choose Life" specialty license plate and applied to the Secretary of State for issuance of the plate under 625 ILL. COMP. STAT. 5/3-600(a) (amended effective 2008). That statute prohibits the Secretary from issuing a new line of specialty plates unless he has a minimum number...

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