Legal Opinion
Dyer v. Blair
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 20, 1975No. 73 C 1183, 74 C 2822PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
STEVENS, Circuit Judge.
The question presented in each of these cases is whether action taken during the 78th General Assembly, of the Illinois legislature constituted “ratification” of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution within the meaning of article V of that instrument. 1 That amendment received a favorable vote of more than a majority but less than three-fifths of the members of each house of the Illinois legislature. The question arises because the precise meaning of the term “ratified” has not yet been given a federal definition, but…
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