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UNITED CITIZENS v. COALITION TO LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE IN 1989

No. 67302.

125 Ill.2d 332 (1988)

531 N.E.2d 802

UNITED CITIZENS OF CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS et al., Appellants, v. COALITION TO LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE IN 1989 et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 21, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell J. Stewart, of Park Ridge, for appellants.

David R. Melton and Marshall L. Blankenship, of Keck, Mahin & Cate, and Thomas E. Johnson, Leslie Ann Jones, Standish Willis, Paul Williams, and Ruben Castillo, all of Chicago, for appellees.

Mark E. Jones, Mitchell Ware and David S. Allen, of Jones, Ware & Grenard, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Coalition for a 1991 Election.

Jerome B. Meites, of Chicago, for amici curiae Chicago Council of Lawyers et al.

Burton S. Odelson, of Odelson & Sterk, Ltd., of Evergreen Park, for amicus curiae Michael S. Holewinski.

Circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE CUNNINGHAM delivered the opinion of the court:

On April 7, 1987, Harold Washington was elected to a second four-year term as mayor of Chicago. Mayor Washington took the oath of office and began his term on May 4, 1987. On November 25, 1987, with 41 months remaining in his term, Mayor Washington died. Pursuant to section 21-5.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code, the vice mayor, Alderman David Orr, became the interim mayor. (Ill...

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