Legal Opinion
Rose v. Board of Election Commissioners
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 10, 2016No. 15-1931PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Vincent Rose sued the state of Illinois and the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners after the Board refused to put Rose’s name on the ballot for a local government election in 2015. The district court dismissed Rose’s amended complaint because an Illinois state court had already adjudicated an identical cause of action brought by Rose against the same defendants. Rose now appeals the district court’s dismissal of his federal action. We affirm.
I. Background
In 2015 Rose submitted nomination petitions for the office of alderman in Chicago’s 7th Ward. Pursuant to…
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