Legal Opinion
Gerald Judge v. Roland Burris
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 24, 2010No. 10-2836PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, Senator Roland Burris challenges a permanent injunction entered by the district court after our decision in Judge v. Quinn, 612 F.3d 537 (7th Cir. 2010) {“Judge I”). That injunction states that the State of Illinois will hold a special election on November 2, 2010. In that election, the people of Illinois will select a permanent replacement to fill President Barack Obama’s seat in the U.S. Senate for the remainder of the 111th Congress. Because November 2 is fast approaching and in the interest of a manageable election, the district court limited the…
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