Legal Opinion
Maksym v. Board of Election Commissioners
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided January 27, 2011No. 111773PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas
Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Garman, Karmeier, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion.
Justices Freeman and Burke specially concurred, with opinion.
OPINION
The petitioners, Walter E Maksym, Jr., and Thomas L. McMahon, filed written objections to the candidacy of the respondent, Rahm Emanuel (the candidate), who seeks to be a candidate for mayor of the City of Chicago in the municipal general election to be held on February 22, 2011. After an evidentiary hearing, the Board of Election Commissioners of the City of Chicago (the Board) dismissed the objections and ruled that the…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Kreitz v. BehrensmeyerIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
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3Cited by39 opinions
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