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SKOLNICK v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF COOK COUNTY

No. 16784.

435 F.2d 361 (1970)

Sherman H. SKOLNICK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF COOK COUNTY, Board of Election Commissioners of Chicago, County Clerk of Cook County, and Otto Kerner, Governor of the State of Illinois, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

November 5, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherman H. Skolnick, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, Thomas E. Brannigan, Chicago, Ill., William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Herman R. Tavins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., Stanley Kusper, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees; Francis T. Crowe, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, and FAIRCHILD and PELL, Circuit Judges.

SWYGERT, Chief Judge.

This is a purported class action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343 (3), 2201 and 2202 and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988. Plaintiffs1 originally filed their complaint on August 26, 1966. The plaintiffs alleged that they were residents of Chicago and Cook County, Illinois, and that they brought this action on behalf of themselves and "on behalf of all other...

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