· 6/28/1940
Home Owners' Loan Corp. v. Joseph
Citations
- 306 Ill. App. 244
- 28 N.E.2d 330
- 1940 Ill. App. LEXIS 803
How courts have described this case
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- holding that mandamus was not proper to compel the Attorney General or the United States Attorney to alter the scope of their investigations or conduct particular investigations because “the investigation and institution of criminal prosecution falls within their discretion”
- holding that institution of federal investigation and prosecution is a matter within the discretion of the U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Attorney, and that awarding such relief in a civil rights lawsuit “is beyond the power of th[e] Court”
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Judges: Wolfe
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