HARTKE v. CHICAGO BD. OF ELECTION COM'RS

No. 86 C 7473.

651 F.Supp. 86 (1986)

Barbara HARTKE, Peter Borkowski, Christine Sanchez, Plaintiffs, v. CHICAGO BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS, Michael E. Lavelle, Corneal A. Davis, and James R. Nolan, Defendants. v. Betty J. WILLHOITE, Rev. Jesse W. Cotton, Mary E. Zuniga, and City of Chicago, Intervenors-Defendants.

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

October 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald R. Statza, Brown & Statza, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Matthew J. Piers, Roger Pascal, Barbara Hermanson, Hubert Thompson, Deputy Corp. Counsel, City of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., for intervenor City of Chicago.

Thomas Johnson, Cecile Singer, Chicago, Ill., for intervenors Willhoite, Cotton and Zuniga.

Michael Levinson, Franklin Lunding, Jr., Corp. Counsel, City of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., for Chicago Bd. of Election Com'rs.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GETZENDANNER, District Judge:

Plaintiffs Barbara Hartke, Peter Borkowski, and Christine Sanchez (the "Hartke plaintiffs") bring this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action to challenge the constitutionality of the failure of defendants to place upon the ballot in the City of Chicago for the November 4, 1986 election a referendum on whether to establish a nonpartisan system for the election of Chicago's officers. Defendants are Chicago...

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