Legal Opinion
Sangmeister v. Woodard
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 7, 1977No. Nos. 77-1365, 77-1366 and 76-1953PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal challenges the decisions of two district courts holding that the practice by Illinois County Clerks of placing their own political party in the first or top position on voting ballots in all general elections violates the equal protection clause.
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This appeal actually involves three different suits brought against three different County Clerks or County Boards of Election Commissioners in Illinois. Initially, there is the consolidated appeal of two district court cases, Sangmeister v. Woodard (Will County) and Culliton v. DuPage County Board of Election…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Williams v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by40 opinions
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