Legal Opinion
Smith v. Cherry
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 27, 1973No. 73-1330PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal is from the district court’s judgment granting defendants’ motions to dismiss the first amended complaint, as amended, for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. That pleading, the allegations of which must presently be taken as true, discloses the following:
Plaintiff Ronald C. Smith was a candidate in the March 21, 1972, Democratic primary for the office of state senator from the 12th Illinois Senatorial District. The other plaintiff, John Chester, was a duly qualified voter in that District and voted in that primary.
*1100The present 12th Senatorial District was…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Wisconsin v. ConstantineauSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Williams v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by71 opinions
- Elizabeth B. Duncan v. David B. PoythressCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Russell Means v. Dick WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Terry F. Browder v. Ronald D. TiptonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Douglas M. Grimes v. William (Bill) Smith, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Curran v. Portland Superintending School CommitteeDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1977
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