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No.J-14-1937
IN THE
APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
PAGE B2/03
Frank Clark, President and Chairman ofthe
Board of the Business Leadership Council; the
BUSINESS LEADERSHIP COUNCIL,
KAREN RILEY, its Executive Director, and
its members, LEON FINNEY, ELZIE
HIGGINBOTTOM, and JOHN HOOKER; the
CHINATOWN CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE, and its President, RAYMOND
CHIN; the LITILE VILLAGE CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE, and its President, JULIO
RODR(GUEZ, and its Executive Director,
JAIME DI PAULO; FERNANDO GRILLO;
IV AN SOLIS; CRAIG CHICO; DONALD R.
JACKSON; ERNESTINE JACKSON;
HELEN KING; JACKIE PETTY; and
ANTHONY MARTINEZ,
) Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook
) County, Illinois
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS,
JESSE R. SMART, ChaiJman, CHARLES W.
SCHOLZ, Vice-Chairman, HAROLD BYERS,
BETTY .T. COFFRlN, ERNEST L. GOWEN,
WILLIAM M. McGUFFAGE, BRYAN A.
SCHNEIDER, and CASSANDRA B.
WATSON, members in their officjal capacity;
JUDY BAR TOPINKA, State Comptroller, jn
her official capacity; DAN RUTHERFORD,
State Treasurer, in his official capacjty; JESSE
WHITE, Secretary of State, in his official
capacity; DA VJD D. ORR, County Clerk of
Cook County, in his official capacity; BOARD
OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS FOR
THE CJTY OF CHICAGO, LANGDON D.
NEAL, Chairman, RICHARD A. COWEN and
MARISOL HERNANDEZ, Commissioners, in
their official capacity,
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) Case No. 14 CH 7356
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) Hon. Mary L. Mikva, Judge Presiding
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THE COMMIITEE FOR LEGISLA TTVE
REFORM AND TERM LIMITS,
Intervcnor-Appell ant.
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YES F'OR INDEPENDENT MAPS,
Intervenor.
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ORDER
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This matter comjng before the intervcnor-appeJJaot the Committee for
Legislative Refo1m and Tenn Limits' Motion to Place Appeal on an Accelerated Docket
Pursuant to Suprem.e Court Rule 311 (b), due noticE: having been given, and the Court having
been fully advised, it .is HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
1. The Motion to Place Appeal on an Accelerated Docket Pursuant to Supreme
Court Rule 31I(b) is and
2. The case will proceed in accordance with the following briefing sc.heduJ.e:
a. Intervenor-appellants will tile their appellate brief on or before
July 29, 2014.
b. Plaintiffs-appellees will .file tl!eir response brief on or before August 7,
2014.
c. Intervenor-appellants will file their reply brief on or before August 11,
2014.
Dated: July 'J.-
1
, 2014
Prepared by:
J. Timothy Eaton
Jonathan B. Amarilio
Taft Stettinius & HoUistcr LLP
111 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 2800
Chicag(), Illinois 60601-3713
Te.l: (312) 527-4000
Fax (312)527-4011
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ORDER ENTERED
JUl. 2 1 2014
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