TRIPP v. SCHOLZ

No. 16-3469.

872 F.3d 857 (2017)

Tabitha TRIPP, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Charles W. SCHOLZ, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vito A. Mastrangelo , Attorney, Mt. Vernon, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Mary Ellen Welsh , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Flaum, Bauer, and Sykes, Circuit Judges.


In 2014, Illinois Green Party members Tabitha Tripp ("Tripp") and Gary Shepherd ("Shepherd") sought to appear on the Illinois general election ballot as candidates for state representative in the 118th and 115th representative districts, respectively. Because the Illinois Election Code deemed the Green Party a "new" political...

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