Legal Opinion
Landry v. Daley
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 1, 1968No. 67 C 1863PublishedCited by 207 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILL, District Judge.
This is allegedly a class action, brought by the plaintiffs pursuant to Rule 23(a) (1) (3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. Some of the individual plaintiffs are negro citizens who currently face criminal prosecution before the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. These prosecutions arose out of a series of demonstrations taking place in Chicago, Illinois, in 1967. Plaintiff, ACT, is an unincorporated association, maintaining offices in Chicago,…
2Cases cited62 opinions
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