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People Ex Rel. Daniels v. Carpentier

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 21, 1964No. Docket 38386, 38421, ConsPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Klingbiel

Pursuant to leave of court, original petitions for writs of mandamus were filed by citizen-taxpayers to contest the constitutionality, both State and Federal, of House Bill No. 1, enacted by the 73rd General Assembly in special session. Respondents, the Secretary of State and members of the State Electoral Board, whose duty it is to enforce the questioned statute, filed motions to dismiss the petitions, thereby closing the issues; we then consolidated the actions.

House Bill No. 1 enacts election laws for the forthcoming at-large election of the Illinois House of Representatives. That election…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Wesberry v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Gray v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Colegrove v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  4. Smiley v. HolmSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  5. Moran v. BowleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1932

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Meyer v. KernerIllinois Supreme Court · 1966
  2. Angel Manuel Cintron Garcia v. Carlos Romero Barcelo, Etc., Partido Popular DemocraticoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
  3. People Ex Rel. Scott v. KernerIllinois Supreme Court · 1965
  4. LoFrisco v. SchafferDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1972
  5. Skolnick v. Illinois State Electoral BoardDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1969

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