Legal Opinion
Perkins v. City of Chicago Heights
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 7, 1995No. 94-2491PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Two named plaintiffs in a class action appeal a consent decree entered in a Voting Rights case as violative of the Voting Rights Act and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. Because the parties to the consent decree lacked the authority to assent to it, and the requisite findings of federal law violations necessary for the district court to approve the decree were not established, we now vacate that decree.
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Kevin Perkins and Robert McCoy, plaintiffs-appellants in the instant case, and Ron Harper and William Elliot (all together the “Class”), filed a Complaint for…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- General Building Contractors Assn., Inc. v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Elder v. HollowaySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Mahan v. HowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Kirkpatrick v. PreislerSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Karcher v. DaggettSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Ron Harper, Kevin Perkins, William Elliot, and Robert McCoy v. City of Chicago Heights and the Chicago Heights Election Commission, Ron Harper, Kevin Perkins, William Elliot, and Robert McCoy v. Chicago Heights Park District, Cross-Appellee, and David Orr, Cook County ClerkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- PG Publishing Co v. Carol AicheleCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2013
- League of United Latin American Citizens v. City of BoerneCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2011
- In the Matter of the Application of County Collector of the County of Winnebago, Illinois, Appeal of Michael F. O'brien, Alice J. O'brien, Edward M. MaherCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- Cleveland County Ass'n v. Cleveland County Board of CommissionersCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1998
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