Williams v. City of Chicago
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OP ILLINOIS. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
The claim set up in this cause is without merit and the amended bill was properly dismissed, upon motion, for want of equity.
Complainants are eight Pottawatomie Indians, members of the Pokagon Band and residents of Michigan. They undertake to sue “on behalf of themselves and of all members of the Pokagon Band of Pottawatomie Indians, and of all other members of the Pottawatomie Nation of Indians, if any are entitled to join herein with them, and of all others, if any, who are entitled to join herein with them.”
Defendants are the City of Chicago and certain corporations now occupying valuable…
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