Robertson v. Marcin

Plaintiffs, residents of the 5th Precinct of the 9th Ward in Chicago, Illinois, filed a complaint on April 10, 1975, in the Circuit Court of Cook County to have the “local option” election held April 1,1975, in which the retail sale of alcoholic liquor containing more than 4% of alcohol by weight except in the original package and not for consumption on the premises was prohibited 127 to 46, declared void. The complaint alleged that the referendum proposition, as submitted to the voters, was not authorized by section 4 of article IX of the Liquor Control Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 43,…