· 7/19/1977
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MOVEMENST INC. v. City of Chicago
Citations
- 435 F. Supp. 1289
- 1977 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14912
How courts have described this case
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- finding that City of Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation was not a suable entity because it is merely an organizational division of City and thus without independent legal status
- applying Illinois law to hold that Chicago department of streets and sanitation “is merely an organizational division of the City and does not enjoy independent legal existence”
- applying Illinois law to hold that Chicago department of streets and sanitation “is merely an organizational division of the City and does not enjoy independent legal existence”
- applying Illinois law to hold that Chicago department of streets and sanitation “is merely an organizational division of the City and does not enjoy independent legal existence”
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Judges: Marshall
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