ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR REFORM NOW (ACORN), et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
James R. EDGAR, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Illinois, et al., Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 8, 1995.
Decided June 5, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Judson H. Miner, Jeffrey Cummings, Barack H. Obama, Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, Chicago, IL, for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees in No. 95-1800.
James R. Carroll, Roger Flahaven, Asst. Attys. Gen., Cara L. Smith, Office of the Atty. Gen., Civil Appeals Div., Tyrone C. Fahner, Lynne M. Raimondo (argued), Fredrick S. Levin, Richard E. Weber, II, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for Governor James R. Edgar, et al., defendants-appellants.
Jeanne M. Gills, David R. Melton, Keck, Mahin & Cate, Chicago, IL, for Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, et al., amicus curiae.
W. Mark Dunn, Office of the Atty. Gen., Richmond, VA, for Com. of VA, amicus curiae.
Thomas R. Meites, Joan H. Burger, Lynn S. Frackman, Paul W. Mollica (argued), Meites, Frackman, Mulder & Burger, Chicago, IL, for Catherine A. Calder, et al., plaintiffs-appellees in No. 95-1801.
Joan C. Laser, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., Chicago, IL, Steven H. Rosenbaum (argued), Samuel R. Bagenstos, Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Thomas P. Walsh, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., Civil Div., Chicago, IL, Tricia A. Tingle, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for the U.S., plaintiff-appellee in No. 95-1802.
Maria G. Valdez, Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund, Chicago, IL, Arthur Aram Baer (argued), Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., New York City, for League of United Latin American Citizens, plaintiff-appellee in No. 95-1803.
Roger Flahaven, Asst. Atty. Gen., Cara L. Smith, Office of the Atty. Gen., Civil Appeals Div., Tyrone C. Fahner, Lynne M. Raimondo (argued), Fredrick S. Levin, Richard E. Weber, II, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for State of IL, et al., defendants-appellants in No. 95-1803.
Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and KANNE, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
POSNER, Chief Judge.
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