Legal Opinion
Frank Brooks v. John H. Nacrelli, Mayor of the City of Chester, Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 12, 1973No. 71-2033PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
The issue presented for resolution is whether the district court erred in denying appellants’ request for injunctive and declaratory relief which sought to prohibit city policemen in Chester, Pennsylvania, from participation in partisan political activity. Appellants contend that because fifteen percent of the police force in their community are committeemen for a major political party, their presence at the polls on election day is contrary to the First and Fourteenth Amendments, and results in intimidation of voting rights contrary to federal…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Brooks v. NacrelliDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1971
- White v. SnearDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1970
- Frank Brooks, Fernando Vitelli, Patricia Vitelli, Edward Turner, and Anne Turner v. John H. Nacrelli, Mayor of the City of Chester, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
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- Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. And Public Citizen's Health Research Group v. Consumer Product Safety CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Good v. RoyDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1978
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