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CITIZENS PARTY v. ILL. STATE BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. 82 C 4574.

546 F.Supp. 1050 (1982)

CITIZENS PARTY OF ILLINOIS, Bruce D. Kaplan, Louis Hirsch, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Communist Party of Illinois, Richard L. Giovanoni, and Elizabeth Mitterer, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Arthur L. Turner Party, Arthur L. Turner, and Delores Sims, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, J. Phil Gilbert, Michael J. Hamblet, John W. Countryman, Richard A. Cowen, Carolyn R. Eyre, Joshua Johnson, John J. Lanigan, and Theresa M. Petrone, in their official capacities as members of the Illinois State Board of Elections, Defendants.

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

August 6, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick J. Sperling, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

James Scanlon, Gen. Counsel, Illinois State Bd. of Elections, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GETZENDANNER, District Judge.

Invoking 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiffs seek an order temporarily enjoining defendants' proposed enforcement of Section 10-2 of the Illinois Election Code. For the reasons to follow, plaintiffs' motion for relief is granted.

I.

Plaintiffs Citizens Party of Illinois, Communist Party of Illinois, and Arthur L. Turner Party are unincorporated associations principally headquartered...

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