Kirby v. Illinois State Electoral Board

CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

On September 10, 1965 the Supreme Court of Illinois in People ex rel. Scott v. Kerner et al., 32 Ill.2d 539, 208 N.E.2d 561, by appropriate order afforded the two opposing political factions of the State Electoral Board opportunity to settle in an orderly fashion the Illinois congressional reapportionment controversy. Thereupon, with the approval of the Illinois Supreme Court and of my brethren on the panel of this Court in the above captioned cases, I requested counsel for the opposing factions to confer with me in pre-trial conference pursuant to Rule 16 of the Federal…