COX v. THOMPSON

Civ. No. 85-3196.

635 F.Supp. 594 (1986)

Norman COX, Plaintiff, v. James THOMPSON, Governor, David Hooper, Joe Kellman, Ray Garrison, Charles Schmidt, Jr., Cecil J. Troy, Robert G. Ward, Thomas J. Garvey, Farrell J. Griffin, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Illinois, East St. Louis Division.

May 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Mansfield Brauer, Cook, Shevlin, Keefe & Chatham, Ltd., Belleville, Ill., for plaintiff.

Barbara B. Collins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Springfield, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

FOREMAN, Chief Judge:

This matter is before the Court on defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment (Document No. 24). On March 1, 1985, plaintiff brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming the defendants, Governor James Thompson and individual members of the Illinois Racing Board, denied him of his right to exercise his political beliefs as guaranteed under the first amendment, and that defendants denied him of his due process...

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