Legal Opinion
King v. State Board of Elections
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 15, 1996No. 95 C 827PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
Plaintiff, James R. King (“King”), claims that the configuration of the Illinois Fourth Congressional District violates the Fourteenth Amendment. To address this claim, this court must review the history of the current district map and resolve the unusual procedural issues that accompany King’s lawsuit.
Because the Illinois General Assembly failed to reapportion Illinois’ legislative districts following the issuance of the 1990 census report, that task fell to an earlier panel of this court by default. 1 See Hastert v. State Bd. of Elections, 777 F.Supp. 634, 641…
2Cases cited94 opinions
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Allen v. McCurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Parklane Hosiery Co. v. ShoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by7 opinions
- James R. King v. Illinois State Board of Elections, David E. Murray, Lawrence E. Johnson v. Bobby Rush, Timuel Black, Al Johnson, InterveningCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- Perry-Bey v. City of Norfolk, Va.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 2009
- Committee for a Fair & Balanced Map v. Illinois State Board of ElectionsDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2011
- Diaz v. SilverDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1997
- King v. State Board of ElectionsDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1997
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