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Lindstrom v. State of Ill.

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided April 18, 1986No. 80 C 6769PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

DUFF, District Judge.

Defendants State of Illinois; William G. Clark, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois; Neil Hartigan, Attorney General of Illinois; and James R. Thompson, Governor of Illinois; move to dismiss this action challenging the constitutionality of the Illinois statutes which prohibit persons not licensed to practice law from representing others in court proceedings.

FACTS AND BACKGROUND

In 1980 the City of Prospect Heights filed a suit in the Circuit Court of Cook County against plaintiffs, Rev. Paul D. Lindstrom, Florence Lindstrom and the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  4. Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Brown v. Ortho Diagnostic Systems, Inc.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1994
  2. Life Science Church v. Shawano CountyCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1998
  3. Lawline v. American Bar Ass'nDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1990
  4. Boyd A. Veenkant, Jessie L. Veenkant v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
  5. Lindstrom (Paul D., Rev.) v. State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987

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