Legal Opinion
Robert Briscoe v. Stanley T. Kusper, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 22, 1971No. 18390_1PublishedCited by 158 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Twelve of forty-six candidates barred from the ballots in the 1967 Chicago aldermanic election and nineteen registered voters who signed their nominating petitions filed this class action against the members of the Board of Election Commissioners of the City of Chicago. The action was predicated on the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983) on the ground that plaintiffs had been deprived of rights, privileges or immunities secured by the Constitution. In its present posture, the gravamen of the amended complaint is that in refusing to place the names of these candidates…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Alderman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by158 opinions
- Shango v. JurichCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Lloyd T. Griffin v. Robert F. Burns, Etc., Thomas A. McCormickCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Richard W. Hostrop v. Board of Junior College District No. 515, Counties of Cook and Will and Stateof Illinois, a Body Politic and CorporateCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Elizabeth B. Duncan v. David B. PoythressCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States ex rel. Miller v. TwomeyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
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