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SCHEIDLER v. COOK CTY. ELECTORAL BD.

No. 1-94-2345.

657 N.E.2d 1089 (1995)

276 Ill.App.3d 297

212 Ill.Dec. 744

Joseph SCHEIDLER, Dennis McCarthy, James Eder, Lenore De Pyper, Gerald De Pyper, Mary Lou Mockus, and Robert Sutter, on behalf of themselves and all other voters similarly situated, and Lawrence Joseph Joyce, Petitioners-Appellants, v. COOK COUNTY OFFICERS ELECTORAL BOARD, and its members, Daniel P. Madden, Donald A. Mizerk, and Kelly Peters, David D. Orr, in his official capacity as Cook County Clerk, Michael J. Hamblet, Arnette Hubbard, and Christopher Fitzhenry Robling, in their official capacities as members of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners and George Edward Larney, Respondents-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

November 8, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig H. Greenwood, Downers Grove, for Appellants.

Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Patricia Shymanski, Patricia M. Moser, Jeffrey S. McCutchan, of counsel), for Cook County Clerk and Cook County Officers Electoral Board.

Daniel J. Kelley, Alan J. Spitz, Chicago, for George E. Larney.

James M. Scanlon of Rieff & Scanlon, Chicago, for Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, Michael J. Hamblet, Arnette Hubbard and Christopher Robling.

Presiding Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

On April 14, 1994, petitioners filed a petition contesting the primary election held on March 15, 1994, and alleging that the name of Lawrence Joseph Joyce (Joyce) was not listed on some ballots. Petitioners requested the court to invalidate the primary election, schedule a new primary and order respondents to pay the attorney fees and costs of petitioners.

The circuit court granted the respondents...

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