ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE REDISTRICTING v. LaPAILLE

No. 91 C 6318.

786 F.Supp. 704 (1992)

ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE REDISTRICTING COMMISSION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Gary J. LaPAILLE, et al., Defendants. Joseph GARDNER, Lovana Jones, Dan Barreiro, William Shephard, Jr., John Lee Johnson, Gwendolyn Scott, Laura Barth, Warren Dorris, Marvin French, Jayme Cain, Percy Conway, Joseph Belman, Luis Albarasin, Crotis Teague, Jr., Henry Landrau, Carolyn Toney, Fred Smith, Charlie Wilson, Jr., and Bobby E. Thompson, on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Counter-Plaintiffs, v. ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE REDISTRICTING COMMISSION, Al Jourdan, Frank Watson, Robert Churchill, Gene Hoffman, Dallas Ingemunson, George H. Ryan, sued in his official capacity as Illinois Secretary of State, and Illinois Board of Elections, Counter-Defendants.

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

Denying Motion to Amend Judgment June 11, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Francis Molo, Dan K. Webb, Catherine W. Joyce, Thomas Vernon Skinner, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, Ill., James Robert Schirott, Schirott & Associates, P.C., Itasca, Ill., for Illinois Legislative Redistricting Com'n, Al Jourdan, Frank Watson, Robert Churchill, Gene Hoffman, Dallas Ingemunson.

Jeffrey D. Colman, Thomas Shane O'Neill, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for Illinois Legislative Redistricting Com'n, Al Jourdan, Frank Watson, Gary J. LaPaille, Bruce Crosby, Miguel Del Valle, Jim McPike, Jerome Joyce, Eartharin Cousin, Tom Lyons, Roland W. Burris, Joseph Gardner, Robert L. Lucas, Lovana Jones, Dan Barreiro, William Shepard, Jr., John Lee Johnson, Gwendolyn Scott, Laura Barth, Warren Dorris, Marvin French, Jayme Cain, Percy Conway, Joseph Belman, Luis Albarasin, Crotis Teague, Jr., Henry Landrau, Carolyn Toney, Fred Smith, Charlie Wilson, Jr., Bobby E. Thompson, Henry Martinez, Roberto Gonzalez, Anita Garcia, Maria A. Morales, Marta Caldero, Consuelo Zemaitis, J. Richard Mota, Dave Duran, Teresa Fraga Orosco, Beverly Area Planning Ass'n, William Gainer, Mt. Greenwood Civic Ass'n, Curt Mentzer, Paula Derbak, Sharon Hanlon, Thomas C. Hynes, Jeremiah Joyce, James Keane, Thaddeus Lechowicz, Robert J. Bugielski, Polish American Congress, Inc., Rebecca W. Owens, Gay E. Bruhn, Mary Finger, Marisa L. L'Heureux, Carol Travis, Wilfred G. Stewart, Mary Ellen Smyth, Sara Tompson, Mary Mari Anna Murphy, Ava George, Sandra M. Scott.

Richard J. Prendergast, Richard J. Prendergast, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for Gary J. LaPaille.

Matthew J. Piers, Jonathan A. Rothstein, Gessler, Flynn, Fleischmann, Hughes & Socol, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for Miguel Del Valle.

Joseph E. Tighe, Richard J. Prendergast, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for Jim McPike, Jerome Joyce, Eartharin Cousin, Tom Lyons.

James R. Carroll, Roger Philip Flahaven, Illinois Atty. General's Office, Chicago, Ill., for Roland W. Burris.

Robert L. Tucker, Tucker, Watson, Butler & Todd, Joseph E. Tighe, Richard J. Prendergast, Ltd., William J. Harte, Stephen L. Garcia, Courtney Carlton Nottage, William J. Harte, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for Joseph Gardner, Lovana Jones, Dan Barreiro, William Shepard, Jr., John Lee Johnson, Gwendolyn Scott, Laura Barth, Warren Dorris, Marvin French, Jayme Cain, Percy Conway, Joseph Belman, Luis Albarasin, Crotis Teague, Jr., Henry Landrau, Carolyn Toney, Fred Smith, Charlie Wilson, Jr., Bobby E. Thompson.

Thomas Shane O'Neill, Jenner & Block, Arturo Jauregui, Ricardo Meza, Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Chicago, Ill., for Mervin A. Mendez, Matias Rico, Heimelinda Ortega.

James D. Montgomery, James D. Montgomery & Associates, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for The Task Force for Black Political Empowerment, Sen. Howard Brookins, Sen. Earlean Collins, Sen. Alice Palmer, Assion for Political and Economic Influence, Timuel Black, Robert Starks.

Before KANNE, Circuit Judge, NORGLE, District Judge, and ZAGEL, District Judge.


ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge.

Before the court are the plaintiff/counter-defendants' third amended complaint seeking a declaratory judgment upholding the validity of a redistricting plan for the Illinois General Assembly approved by the Illinois Supreme Court on January 14, 1992, and counterclaims by two sets of defendant/counter-plaintiffs challenging parts of that redistricting plan. A trial was conducted on February 4 through 7 and 11, 1992, after which...

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