Tully v. Edgar

The plaintiff, John Tully, brought a declaratory judgment action in the circuit court of Cook County against the Governor of the State of Illinois and President of the Illinois Sfenate (the appellants) and the nine elected trustees of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, challenging the constitutionality of Public Act 89 — 5, "An Act relating to the University of Illinois” (the Act) (Pub. Act 89 — 5, eff. January 1,1996). The complaint asked the circuit court to declare the Act unconstitutional as violative of the right to vote embodied in article III of the Illinois…