McDONALD v. BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS OF CHICAGO

No. 67 C 290.

265 F.Supp. 816 (1967)

Sam L. McDONALD v. BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS OF CHICAGO, Sidney T. Holzman, Chairman, Marie H. Suthers, Commissioner, and Francis P. Canary, Commissioner.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois.

February 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley T. Kusper, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for Board of Election Commissioners.

Stanley A. Bass and Melvin B. Goldberg, Civil Legal Aid Service, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.


Memorandum of Decision

LYNCH, District Judge.

Sam L. McDonald, plaintiff, brings this action against the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution for such equitable relief as will enable him to vote in the primary and aldermanic election in the City of Chicago on February 28, 1967.

The petitioner is incarcerated in Cook County Jail, unable to afford bail and awaiting a preliminary hearing...

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