Legal Opinion
Colegrove v. Green
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 28, 1946No. 804PublishedCited by 397 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
This case is appropriately here, under § 266 of the Judicial Code, 28 U. S. C. § 380, on direct review of a judgment of the District Court of the Northern District of Illinois, composed of three judges, dismissing the complaint of the appellants. These are three qualified voters in Illinois districts which have much larger populations than other Illinois Congressional districts. They brought this suit against the Governor, the Secretary of State, and the Auditor of the State of Illinois, as members ex officio of the Illinois Primary Certifying Board, to restrain them, in effect, from taking…
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