Legal Opinion
Socialist Workers Party v. Chicago Board of Election Commissioners
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided March 14, 1977No. 77 C 255, 77 C 326PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
DECKER, District Judge.
I. Background
A special mayoral election has been scheduled for June 7,1977, in Chicago to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late mayor, Richard J. Daley. On January 13, 1977, the defendant in these two cases, the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, 1 released the election calendar for this election. Among its specifics, it set the filing dates and signature requirements for petitions for independent candidates for mayor, 2 and for new political parties, 3 i. e., parties other than the Democratic and Republican parties.
The defendants…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Dunn v. BlumsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Shelton v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Illinois State Board of Elections v. Socialist Workers PartySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Socialist Workers Party v. Illinois State Board of Elections, Gerald Rose v. Illinois State Board of ElectionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Richards v. LavelleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- Anderson v. HooperDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 1980
- Richards v. LavelleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
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