United States Seventh Circuit

Dismissal of suit by an organization seeking to have an anti-gay-marriage initiative on the Illinois ballot is affirmed where the requirements for placing an initiative on the Illinois ballot did not violate the First Amendment, equal protection or due process.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/06/2006
• Published 09/06/2006

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, KANNE, and MANION, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Glen E. Lavy, Alliance Defense Fund Law Center, Scottsdale, AZ, Michael E. Lavelle, Lavelle & Motta, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Elizabeth E. Howlett, Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, James M. Scanlon, Scanlon & Associates, Thomas A. Ioppolo, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.