Bluthardt v. Breslin

This is a direct appeal from an order of the circuit court of Sangamon County, entered on August 12, 1977. The trial court, relying on this court’s decision in People ex rel. Rudman v. Rini (1976), 64 Ill. 2d 321, declared unconstitutional those portions of section 25 — 6 of the Election Code which provide the method of appointment to fill vacancies in the General Assembly (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 46, par. 25—6). The trial court also decreed that the appointment of Peg McDonnell Breslin (defendant), as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives of the 80th General Assembly, was…