RADOGNO v. ILLINOIS STATE BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. 1:11-cv-04884.

836 F.Supp.2d 759 (2011)

Christine RADOGNO, in her official capacity as Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate, Thomas Cross, in his official capacity as Minority Leader of the Illinois House of Representatives, Adam Brown, in his official capacity as a state representative from the 101st Representative District and individually as a registered voter, Veronica Vera, Chloe Moore, Joe Trevino, Angel Garcia, Elidia Mares, Edwin Tolentino, and the Illinois Republican Party, Plaintiffs, v. ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, Rupert Borgsmiller, Executive Director of the Illinois State Board of Elections, Harold D. Byers, Bryan A. Schneider, Betty J. Coffrin, Ernest C. Gowen, William F. McGuffage, Judith C. Rice, Charles W. Scholz, Jesse R. Smart, all named in their official capacities as members of the Illinois State Board of Elections, African Americans for Legislative Redistricting, and Latino Coalition for Fair Representation, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

December 7, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian J. Armstrong , Phillip Anthony Luetkehans , Stephanie Jane Luetkehans , Schirott, Luetkehans & Garner PC, Itasca, IL, Peter Gene Baroni , Thomas More Leinenweber , Leinenweber Baroni & Daffada, LLC, Andrew T. Sperry , Larose & Bosco Ltd., Michael Paul Persoon , Despres Schwartz & Geoghegan, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Richard J. Prendergast , Michael Thomas Layden , Richard J. Prendergast, Ltd., Brent Douglas Stratton , Office of the Attorney General, Joan M. Mannix , William J. Harte , William J. Harte, Ltd., Michael James Kasper , Fletcher Topol & O'Brien, Chicago, IL, David W. Ellis , Special Assistant Attorney General, Eric Michael Madiar , Chief Legal Counsel Office of the Senate President, Springfield, IL, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ELAINE E. BUCKLO, District Judge, DIANE S. SYKES, District Judge and PHILIP P. SIMON, Chief Judge.

On July 20, 2011, a mix of citizen-voters and Republican state legislators filed a complaint alleging that the legislative redistricting plan enacted by the Illinois legislature following the 2010 census violated various state and federal laws. A handful of interested parties intervened in the action; the complaint was twice...

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