Legal Opinion
Williams v. State Board of Elections
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided August 4, 1988No. 88 C 2377PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GRADY, Chief Judge.
FACTS
In Illinois, voters directly elect judges at all three levels of the state court system. The highest court is the Illinois Supreme Court which is composed of seven justices, one each from four downstate Illinois judicial districts and three from the First Judicial District, which consists of Cook County. Cook County includes the City of Chicago and its neighboring suburbs. The voters of the First Judicial District select their three Illinois Supreme Court justices for ten year terms on an at-large basis.
The intermediate-level court is the Illinois…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Thornburg v. GinglesSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Louisiana v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Stephen Ustrak v. James W. FairmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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- Irby v. Virginia State Board of ElectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
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