Legal Opinion
Cannon v. Loyola University of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 26, 1985No. 84 C 8063PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ASPEN, District Judge:
Geraldine Cannon wants to be a physician. She applied ten years ago to seven Illinois medical schools, and each of them rejected her. Still determined to become a doctor, Cannon sued all of these schools in federal court to gain admission. Her ten-year journey through the federal judiciary has taken her through several district courts, the Seventh Circuit and the Supreme Court. Every suit she brought was ultimately dismissed for one reason or another. Cannon is here again. This time she has sued all seven medical schools in one action,…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Hagans v. LavineSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Cannon v. University of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. MoitieSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Geraldine G. Cannon v. Loyola University of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Smith v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
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