United States Seventh Circuit

The district court's denial of a preliminary injunction, which would require the State of Illinois to place plaintiff's name on the ballot for the Presidential election, is affirmed where voters could be harmed if a last-minute injunction disrupts the Presidential election in Illinois.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/29/2004
• Published 09/29/2004

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Andrew B. Spiegel (argued), Chawla Group, Hinsdale, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mary E. Welsh, Office of the Attorney General Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, Michael J. Kasper (argued), Fletcher Topol & O'Brien, Chicago, IL, Defendants-Appellees.