STRONG DEL. MIN. ASS'N v. BOARD OF APP. OF COOK CTY.

Nos. 76-1451, 76-1721.

543 F.2d 32 (1976)

STRONG DELIVERY MINISTRY ASSOCIATION, an Illinois Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF APPEALS OF COOK COUNTY and Mr. George Dunne, President of Cook County Board of Commissioners, Defendants-Appellees. SEARS, SUCSY & CO., a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, Defendant, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Westcott TRAINOR et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rev. Rachel V. Elder, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant in No. 76-1451.

Thomas D. Rafter, Asst. State's Atty., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees in No. 76-1451.

Whitney and Reid, West Palm Beach, Fla., Gerald A. Sears, Sears, Sucsy & Co., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant in No. 75-1721.

Edward D. Lapperre, Vincent P. Reilly, James J. Doheny, Terrence Hutton, Martin Cohn, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees in No. 75-1721.

Before CUMMINGS, TONE and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

These two appeals are consolidated for the purpose of deciding whether a corporation may proceed in federal court through lay representation.

No. 76-1451

Strong Delivery Ministry Association, a not-for-profit corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, has brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983, alleging violation of its first amendment rights...

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