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Beaubien v. Ryan

Case Date: 12/31/1969
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: 92701, 92702, 92703, 92704,

Docket Nos. 92701, 92702, 92703, 92704, 92705, 92706, 92707, 
92708 cons.-Agenda 29-November 2001.


REPRESENTATIVE MARK BEAUBIEN et al., Plaintiffs, v. JIMRYAN, Illinois Attorney General, et al., Defendants.-KARENHOFFEK et al., Plaintiffs, v. JIM RYAN, Illinois AttorneyGeneral, et al., Defendants.-REPRESENTATIVE ROSEMARYMULLIGAN et al., Plaintiffs, v. JIM RYAN, Illinois Attorney  
General, et al., Defendants.-JOHN UPHOFF et al., Plaintiffs, v.JIM RYAN, Illinois Attorney General, et al., Defendants.-REPRESENTATIVE PATRICIA LINDER et al.,Plaintiffs, v. JIM RYAN, Illinois Attorney General, et al., 
Defendants.-LARRY MASSEY et al., Plaintiffs, v. JIM RYAN,Illinois Attorney General, et al., Defendants.-REPRESENTATIVE RICK WINKEL et al.,Plaintiffs, v. JIM RYAN, Illinois Attorney General, et al.,Defendants.-REPRESENTATIVE ANNE ZICKUS et al.,Plaintiffs, v. JIM RYAN, Illinois Attorney General, et al., Defendants.

Opinion filed December 27, 2001.

CHIEF JUSTICE HARRISON delivered the opinion of thecourt:

In Cole-Randazzo v. Ryan, No. 92443 (November 28, 2001),our court considered and rejected a challenge to the validity of theredistricting plan approved by the Illinois Legislative RedistrictingCommission and filed with the Secretary of State following thefederal decennial census conducted in the year 2000. During thependency of Cole-Randazzo, 13 additional cases were filedchallenging the same redistricting plan. Five of those case werevoluntarily dismissed by the plaintiffs shortly after they filed theirbriefs. The remaining eight cases are the subject of theproceedings before us today.

As with Cole-Randazzo, each of the eight new cases invokesthis court's original jurisdiction under article IV, section 3, of theIllinois Constitution of 1970 (Ill. Const. 1970, art. IV,