ACORN v. EDGAR

Nos. 95 C 174, 95 C 281, 95 C 433 and 95 C 1387.

880 F.Supp. 1215 (1995)

ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR REFORM NOW (ACORN), et al., Plaintiffs, v. James R. EDGAR, et al., Defendants. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF ILLINOIS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. James R. EDGAR, et al., Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, et al., Defendants. LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS (LULAC), Plaintiff, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

March 31, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judson H. Miner, Jeffrey Irvine Cummings, Barack H. Obama, Davis, Miner, Barnhill and Galland, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Ass'n of Community Organizations for Reform Now, (Acorn).

Paul William Mollica, Meites, Frackman, Mulder & Buger, Chicago, IL, for League of Women Voters of Illinois.

Tricia A. Tingle, Washington, DC, Michele Marion Fox, U.S. Attorney's Office, Chicago, IL, for U.S.

Arturo Jauregui, Maria Valdez, Mexican American Legal Defense & Educ. Fund, Chicago, IL, for League of United Latin American Citizens.

Roger Philip Flahaven, Clara LeFevour Smith, Illinois Atty. General's Office, Chicago, IL, Tyrone C. Fahner, Lynne M. Raimondo, Fredrick Stuart Levin, Richard Elden Weber, II, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHADUR, District Judge.

All of the plaintiffs in these four actions — initially a group of plaintiffs headed by Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (in 95 C 174), then another group headed by the League of Women Voters of Illinois ("LWV"1) (in 95 C 281), next the United States (in 95 C 433) and finally the League of United Latin American Citizens ("LULAC") (in 95 C...

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