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MacDOUGALL v. GREEN

No. 348.

335 U.S. 281 (1948)

69 S.Ct. 1

93 L.Ed. 3

MacDOUGALL ET AL. v. GREEN, GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 21, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Abt and Richard F. Watt argued the cause for appellants. With them on the brief were Earl B. Dickerson and Edmund Hatfield.

William C. Wines, Assistant Attorney General of Illinois, argued the cause for Green, Governor, et al., appellees. With him on the brief were George F. Barrett, Attorney General, and Raymond S. Sarnow, Assistant Attorney General.

Melvin F. Wingersky argued the cause for Flynn, County Clerk, et al., appellees. With him on the brief was Gordon B. Nash.

PER CURIAM.

This action was brought before a three-judge court convened in the Northern District of Illinois under 28 U.S.C. § 2281 and § 2284. The object of the action is an injunction against the enforcement of a provision which, in 1935, was added to a statute of Illinois and which requires that a petition to form and to nominate candidates for a new political party be signed by at least 25,000 qualified voters, "Provided, that included in the aggregate...

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