SANCHEZ v. EDGAR

No. 82-2620.

710 F.2d 1292 (1983)

Roberto SANCHEZ & Jose Flores-Perez, on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jim EDGAR, individually and in his official capacity as Illinois Secretary of State, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce H. Bornstein, Freedman & Bornstein, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Mary Anne Mason, Frederic D. Tannenbaum, Asst. U.S. Attys., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before BAUER, NICHOLS, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, we are called upon to decide under what circumstances an action complaining of unconstitutional treatment by federal and state agencies is moot when the specific action complained of has ceased but the plaintiff has alleged that the action was taken pursuant to a continuing official written policy. Under the circumstances present here, we find that the plaintiff's action...

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