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DYER v. BLAIR

Nos. 73 C 1183, 74 C 2822.

390 F.Supp. 1291 (1975)

Goudyloch E. DYER et al., Plaintiffs, v. W. Robert BLAIR, Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, Defendant. Dawn Clark NETSCH et al., Plaintiffs, v. William C. HARRIS, President of the Illinois Senate, and W. Robert Blair, Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

February 20, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Pascal, Martha M. Jenkins, Joseph R. Lundy, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen. of Illinois, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

Schlafly, Godfrey & Fitzgerald, Alton, Ill., for amici curiae.

Before STEVENS, Circuit Judge, HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge, and PARSONS, District Judge.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

STEVENS, Circuit Judge.

The question presented in each of these cases is whether action taken during the 78th General Assembly of the Illinois legislature constituted "ratification" of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution within the meaning of article V of that instrument.1 That amendment received a favorable vote of more than a majority but less than three-fifths of the members...

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