Legal Opinion
Egan v. City of Aurora
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided June 10, 1959No. 58 C 2113PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff, Paul Egan, brings this action against defendants for alleged violation of the federal civil rights statutes, Title 42, U.S.C.A. §§ 1983 and 1985 and claims damages in the amount of $5,000,-000. Jurisdiction is based upon Title 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1343.
The substantial allegations of the complaint are as follows: Plaintiff, in his official capacity as Mayor of the City of Aurora, was conducting a public meeting before a group in excess of 200 people in the City Hall council chambers of the City of Aurora when defendant, Donald Curran, purporting to be acting…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Tenney v. BrandhoveSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Butchers' Benevolent Ass'n v. Crescent City Live-Stock Landing & Slaughter-House Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1873
- United States v. CruikshankSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Mohammad Sami v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Egan v. City of AuroraSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Taylor v. NicholsDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1976
- Light v. BlackwellDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1979
- Egan v. City of AuroraCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1961
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