Legal Opinion
Roti v. Washington
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 15, 1986No. 86-1598PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
On June 6, 1986, Alderman Evans of the city council of the city of Chicago proposed a four-part resolution to amend several of the rules of the city council and change the jurisdictions, memberships and chairmanships of the council committees. Following the council vote, Mayor Harold Washington declared that the resolution passed. Plaintiffs, 25 aldermen who voted against the resolution, then filed this suit against the mayor and the 25 aldermen who voted in favor of the resolution. They seek a judgment declaring that the resolution failed and that the committees retained the chairmen,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Mars Ketchum v. Jane M. ByrneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Zurn v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1945
- Lynch v. DevineAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
- City of Chicago v. Union Ice Cream Manufacturing Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1911
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Village of Woodridge v. Board of EducationAppellate Court of Illinois · 2010
- City & Suburban Distributors-Illinois, Inc. v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987
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