Legal Opinion
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (Acorn) v. James R. Edgar in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 31, 1996No. 96-3186PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
We are asked to dismiss this appeal on the ground that the would-be appellants, the defendants in the Illinois “motor voter” case (see Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) v. Edgar, 56 F.3d 791 (7th Cir.1995)), waived their right of appeal. On August 1 of this year the district court entered an order to which the parties had consented which permanently enjoined the defendants from administering or enforcing certain regulations concerning voter registration that the court had earlier determined to be in conflict with the federal law. A party to a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (Acorn) v. James R. Edgar, in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Richard Coughlin v. Donald Regan, Secretary of the TreasuryCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- Dorse v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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