Legal Opinion
Cook County Republican Party v. Board of Election Commissioners
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 14, 2016No. Case No. 16 C 6598PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Milton I. Shadur, Senior United States District Judge
Cook County Republican Party and Chicago Republican Party (collectively the “GOP”) filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”), charging asserted violations of their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Both the GOP and two of the defendants, Frances Sapone (“Sa-pone”) and Sammy Tenuta (“Tenuta”), have filed cross-motions for summary judgment seeking declaration of then- respective rights and legal relations pursu*843ant to 28 U.S.C. § 2201 (“Section 2201,” the federal Declaratory Judgment Act). As…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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