JONES v. MARKIEWICZ-QUALKINBUSH

No. 17-1227.

892 F.3d 935 (2018)

Thaddeus JONES, Stevon Grant, and Calumet City Concerned Citizens, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Michelle MARKIEWICZ-QUALKINBUSH, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 14, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer , Attorney, Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, Dicianni & Krafthefer, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellant.

John B. Murphey , Attorney, Rosenthal, Murphey, Coblentz & Donahue, James P. Nally , Attorney, Marie D. Spicuzza , Attorney, Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Civil Actions Bureau, Chicago, IL, Burton S. Odelson , Attorney, Nelson & Sterk, Ltd, Evergreen Park, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Easterbrook and Sykes, Circuit Judges.


Thaddeus Jones, an alderman in Calumet City, Illinois, wants to be mayor. One of his supporters, Stevon Grant (plus others who formed a committee), tried to prevent the incumbent, Michelle Markiewicz-Qualkinbush, mayor since 2003, from running for reelection in spring 2017. The means: a referendum that would have set...

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