Legal Opinion
Elizabeth Cawley v. Harland Warren, Wendall Thompson and Harold Wensland
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 13, 1954No. 11160PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff appeals from an order of the District Court sustaining defendants’ contention that plaintiff’s complaint does not state a cause of action under the civil rights act, 1 and dismissing the complaint.
The complaint, which is brought against defendant Warren, state’s attorney of La Salle county, Illinois, defendant Thompson, first assistant state’s attorney of said county, and defendant Wensland, who was foreman of the La Salle county grand jury, charges that the defendants conspired to deprive plaintiff of her constitutional rights under section 1 of article…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Bradley v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Randall v. BrighamSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Picking v. Pennsylvania R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1945
- Alzua v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Francis v. CraftsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by63 opinions
- Adolph G. Hoffman v. C. H. Halden, Dr. Donald E. Wair, Dr. G. F. Keller and Dr. F. Sydney HansenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
- William J. Bauers, Jr. v. Herbert T. Heisel, JrCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Sylvester Lockhart, Jr. v. Charles A. Hoenstine, Prothonotary of the Superior Court of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- Barbara A. Nesmith and Richard A. Nesmith v. H. D. AlfordCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Ezell Littleton v. Peyton Berbling, Individually and as State's Attorney for Alexander County, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
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