Legal Opinion
O'BRIEN v. Brown
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided July 7, 1972No. 72-34 and A-23PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*2Pee Curiam.
Yesterday, July 6, 1972, the petitioners filed petitions for writs of certiorari to review judgments of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in actions challenging the recommendations of the Credentials Committee of the 1972 Democratic National Convention regarding the seating of certain delegates to the convention that will meet three days hence.
In No. 72-35, the Credentials Committee recommended unseating 59 uncommitted delegates from Illinois on the ground, among others, that they had been elected in violation of the “slate-making” guideline…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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3Cited by113 opinions
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- Norman E. Wymbs and Ann R. Cassady v. Republican State Executive Committee of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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