Pinkerton v. Marcin

Plaintiff, a liquor licensee and owner of a cocktail lounge located in the fifth precinct, ninth ward in the City of Chicago, filed a complaint for declaratory judgment on June 4, 1976,1 against defendants Marcin and Board of Election Commissioners, seeking to have a local option election held on April 1, 1975, declared void on the basis that the proposition submitted to the voters was not authorized by statute. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 43, par. 167.)2 The following proposition was submitted to and approved by the voters in the fifth precinct, ninth ward:

“Shall the sale at retail of…