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SUTTON v. DUNNE

No. 73 C 2021.

529 F.Supp. 312 (1981)

James W. SUTTON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. George W. DUNNE, et al., Defendants.

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

December 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Ryan, Greenberger, Krauss & Jacobs, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-cross plaintiffs, Carl R. Hansen, et al.

Henry A. Hauser, Asst. State's Atty., Richard M. Daley, State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago, Ill., for Cook County Officials.

Mitchell Ware, LaFontant, Wilkins & Jones, Chicago, Ill., for proposed intervenor, John Stroger, Jr.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WILL, District Judge.

I.

In 1973, the plaintiffs brought an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking reapportionment of the membership of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County. When the suit was brought, the Board had fifteen members, ten elected from the City of Chicago and five from suburban Cook County. That apportionment gave the city electorate 66.67% of the voting power on the Board and the suburban electorate 33...

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