Shoresman v. Burgess

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

WISE, Chief Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on plaintiffs’ petition for injunctive relief restraining defendant from enforcing Sections 3 and 4 of the Illinois Corrupt Practices Act, Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 102, §§ 3, 4 (1975) and Section 10-9 of the Illinois School Code, Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 122, § 10-9 (1975). Plaintiffs further seek declaratory relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201, 2202 against the operation of these statutes as being violative of their rights under the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments and 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Jurisdiction is…