Legal Opinion
7 Fair empl.prac.cas. 643, 7 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9292 Phyllis Schlafly v. John A. Volpe, Secretary of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 28, 1974No. 72-1502PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.
This suit challenges the legality of the suspension of federal funding applicable to certain highway construction projects in Madison County, Illinois, and the closing of several other Madison highway projects by Illinois officials. Plaintiffs appeal from an order granting defendants’ motions to dismiss. With respect to the federal officials named as defendants, the district court ruled that it had “no jurisdiction under the doctrine of sovereign immunity to order expenditure of federal funds or other such relief against government officials acting in their…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. CampSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Bethlehem Steel Corp. v. BushCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Johnson v. MathewsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- South Carolina v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 2017
- Clark v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Hampton v. HanrahanDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1981
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