Legal Opinion
Cook County Republican Party v. Frances Sapone
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 7, 2017No. 16-3457PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
This suit began as Cook County Republican Party and Chicago Republican Party v. Cook County Board of Election Commissioners. The Party (as we call the two parties collectively) contended that the Board must include on the ballot a candidate that the Party slated for the House of Representatives in the November 2016 election. But the Board had never announced a plan to exclude the candidate. The district court entered an injunction compelling the Board to keep this candidate on the ballot. The court did not ask whether there ever had been a case or controversy…
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