Legal Opinion
Howlett v. Scott
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided November 30, 1977No. 48929PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Underwood
During the early months of 1976, Daniel Walker, then Governor of Illinois, and Michael J. Howlett, then Illinois’ Secretary of State, were candidates for the nomination of the Democratic party for the office of Governor, and Ronald E. Stackler, previously appointed by Governor Walker as Director of the Illinois Department of Registration and Education and then on leave from that office, was a candidate for the same party’s nomination as Attorney General. William J. Scott, Attorney General of Illinois, was a candidate for the nomination of the Republican party for the office of Attorney…
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