Legal Opinion

People Ex Rel. Wellman v. Washburn

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 27, 1951No. 32011PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Maxwell

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Marion' County dismissing an amended petition for a writ of mandamus filed by appellant, herein referred to as petitioner, to compel the city council of the city of Centralia to certify petitioner’s name as a candidate for the office of police magistrate at the general municipal election, to redistrict the voting districts of the city, and to compel the city clerk to place petitioner’s name on the official ballot, and, in the alternative, that if the cause not be finally determined prior to such election that a special election be called…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Weyrich v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
  2. City of Rock Island v. CuinelyIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
  3. Jones v. Town of Lake ViewIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  4. People ex rel. Smith v. RodenbergIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
  5. Buckrice v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1884

3Cited by12 opinions

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  2. City of East St. Louis v. TouchetteIllinois Supreme Court · 1958
  3. Herget National Bank of Pekin v. KenneyIllinois Supreme Court · 1985
  4. People v. RichardsonIllinois Supreme Court · 2001
  5. People v. JohnsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1990

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