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Jordan v. Officer

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided June 13, 1988No. 5-87-0421PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lewis

This appeal arises out of the February 24, 1987, Democratic party primary election for candidates to run in the consolidated (general) election for city offices in the City of East St. Louis. In the primary election, Carl Officer defeated Clyde Jordan, Harold Franklin and Roosevelt Malone for the party nomination for mayor; Charlotte Moore defeated Charles Powell for the party nomination for city treasurer. The margin of victory was 1,035 votes for Officer over Jordan and 987 votes for Moore over Powell.

On May 9, 1987, Jordan and Powell petitioned the circuit court of St. Clair County…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. American Party of Texas v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Tashjian v. Republican Party of ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Democratic Party of United States v. Wisconsin Ex Rel. La FolletteSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Tuthill v. RendelmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1944
  5. Rouse v. ThompsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1907

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Neumann v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1990
  2. Hileman v. McGinnessAppellate Court of Illinois · 2000
  3. Andrews v. PowellAppellate Court of Illinois · 2006
  4. Gribble v. WillefordAppellate Court of Illinois · 1989
  5. O'Neal v. ShawAppellate Court of Illinois · 1993

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