Legal Opinion
Egan v. City of Aurora
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 6, 1961No. 121PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner, Mayor of the City of Aurora, brought this suit in the District Court against the City and certain of its officials for damages for deprivation of rights secured to him by the Constitution. He alleges unlawful action by the city and by individuals who are or who purport to be its officials (see 42 U. S. C. § 1983) and a conspiracy (see 42 U. S. C. § 1985). The District Court granted the motions to dismiss, 174 F. Supp. 794, and the Court of Appeals affirmed, 275 F. 2d 377, both decisions being prior to our opinion in Monroe v. Pape, ante, p. 167.
The dismissal as to the City of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Collins v. HardymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Egan v. City of AuroraDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1959
3Cited by95 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- William J. Bauers, Jr. v. Herbert T. Heisel, JrCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Mrs. Lola Hornsby v. Ivan Allen, Mayor of the City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- Hindes v. Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- Robert Briscoe v. Stanley T. Kusper, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
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