Legal Opinion
Jones v. McGuffage
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 1, 2013No. 12 C 09997PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JOHN J. THARP, JR., District Judge.
The plaintiffs argue that the State of Illinois has established unconstitutionally onerous requirements on independent and “new” party candidates for getting their names on the ballot for the April 9, 2013, special election for the Second Congressional District seat recently vacated by Jesse Jackson, Jr. They seek a preliminary injunction placing Green Party candidate LeAlan Jones and independent candidate Marcus Lewis on the ballot, or alternatively drastically reducing the current requirement of 15,682 valid signatures from…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Anderson v. CelebrezzeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Williams v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Storer v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Illinois State Board of Elections v. Socialist Workers PartySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Jenness v. FortsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by8 opinions
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