Legal Opinion
Ramos v. State of Ill.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 30, 1991No. 90 C 7211, 90 C 7447PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MORAN, Chief Judge.
In Ramos v. State of Illinois, No. 90 C 7211, a class comprised of all citizens and qualified voters in Chicago whose right to vote has been or will continue to be abridged by the existing aldermanic election/redistricting schedule, brought an action for injunctive and declaratory relief. That action first sought to delay the spring 1991 aldermanic elections until after the City redistricted on the basis of the 1990 census figures. Unsuccessful in that effort, see Memorandum and Order of February 8, 1991, 1991 WL 18183, the Ramos plaintiffs filed a…
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