Legal Opinion
Harold B. Smith and Illinois Republican Party v. Kenneth R. Boyle, in Their Official Capacity as Members of the Illinois State Board of Elections
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 21, 1998No. 97-2191PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The Illinois Republican Party and its chairman appeal from the dismissal, 959 F.Supp. 982 (C.D.I11.1997), on grounds of justiciability, of their suit for a declaration that the method prescribed by the state constitution for electing justices of the Supreme Court of Illinois in Cook County violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. See 111. Const. Art. VI, §§ 2, 3. As amended in 1970, the constitution divides the state into five districts for purposes of electing supreme court justices. One of the districts is Cook County, which includes Chicago and…
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