PUERTO RICAN ORGANIZATION FOR POLITICAL ACT. v. KUSPER

No. 73-1035.

490 F.2d 575 (1973)

PUERTO RICAN ORGANIZATION FOR POLITICAL ACTION et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Stanley T. KUSPER et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aldus S. Mitchell, Jr., Andrew M. Raucci, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Donald T. Bertucci, Wallace C. Winter, George C. Pontikes, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Cesar A. Perales, Herbert Teitelbaum, New York City, for Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., amicus curiae, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before KILEY, PELL and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.


SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal challenges the propriety of a preliminary injunction entered October 30, 1972, requiring the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners to provide voting assistance in Spanish to U.S. citizens born in Puerto Rico who are unable to read or understand English.

One plaintiff, the Puerto Rican Organization for Political Action, is a not-for-profit corporation which seeks to further the participation of Spanish-speaking residents...

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