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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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