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WILLIAMS v. STATE BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. 88 C 2377.

696 F.Supp. 1574 (1988)

Paul L. WILLIAMS, Anthony L. Young and Miguel Del Valle, Plaintiffs, v. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, et al., Defendants.

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

August 31, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Seng, John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Ill., James C. Craven, Springfield, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Richard M. Daley, State's Atty., Terry McDonald, Asst. State's Atty., Supervisor, Federal Litigation Unit, Michael Levinson, Chicago Bd. of Elections, Mike Hayes, Roger P. Flahaven, Deputy Attys. Gen., Barry T. McNamara, D'Ancona & Pflaum, James J. Stamos, Coffield, Ungaretti, Harris & Slavin, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GRADY, Chief Judge.

On August 19, 1988, we held a hearing in this case. This opinion will address several of the important issues raised at that hearing.

DISCUSSION

I. SITTING JUDGES ARE NECESSARY PARTIES

The matter having been discussed extensively and no convincing arguments to the contrary having been raised by counsel, we hold that sitting judges elected from Cook County are necessary parties to this lawsuit...

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