ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR REFORM NOW (ACORN), et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
James R. EDGAR in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Illinois, et al., Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted October 9, 1996.
Decided October 31, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Steve Bachmann (submitted), Granger, IN, Alexandra E. Mora, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.
Steve Bachmann (submitted), Granger, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Equip for Equality, Jacqueline Andrade, Gwendolyn Coleman, Chinetha Dixon, Joey L. Wooden.
Roger Flahaven, Iain D. Johnston, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, Brian F. Barov, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, Tyrone C. Fahner, Lynne M. Raimondo, Fredrick S. Levin, Richard E. Weber, II, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants James R. Edgar, Illinios State Board of Elections and George H. Ryan.
Roger Flahaven, Iain D. Johnston, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, Brian F. Barov, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants David E. Murray, Ronald D. Michaelson.
Thomas R. Meites, Joan H. Burger, Lynn S. Frackman, Paul W. Mollica (submitted), Meites, Frackman, Mulder & Burger, Chicago, IL, for League of Women Voters of Illinois, Catherine A. Calder, and Rene D. Luna.
Maria G. Valdez (submitted), Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund, Chicago, IL, Arthur Aram Baer, Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., New York City, for League of United Latin American Citizens.
Michele M. Fox, Office of the United States Attorney, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Chicago, IL, Steven H. Rosenbaum, Samuel R. Bagenstos (submitted), Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Tricia A. Tingle, Barry H. Weinberg, Elizabeth Johnson, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for U.S.
Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and KANNE, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
POSNER, Chief Judge.
We are asked to dismiss this appeal on the ground that the would-be appellants, the defendants in the Illinois "motor voter" case (see Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) v. Edgar,56 F.3d 791 (7th Cir.1995)), waived their right of appeal. On August 1 of this year the district court entered an order to which the parties had consented which permanently enjoined the defendants from...
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