Complaint in Puerto Rican Organization for Political Action v. Kusper
9/18/1972
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This is the complaint filed in the case Puerto Rican Organization for Political Action, Jesus Gomez, Geraldo Gomez, Victor Gomez, Abdona Vargas, and other others similarly situated v. Stanley T. Kusper, Marie H. Suthers, and Francis P. Canary, in their capacity as the Board of Election Commissioners of the City of Chicago. This is a civil case in which the plaintiffs, Jesus Gomez, Geraldo Gomez, Victor Gomez, Abdona Vargas, and the Puerto Rican Organization for Political Action, sought to compel the defendants, the City of Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, to provide voting assistance in the Spanish language to United States citizens of Puerto Rican birth, who were unable to use the English language.
With their complaint filed on September 18, 1972, the plaintiffs also filed a motion for preliminary injunctive relief in connection with the November 7, 1972 General Election in Chicago, Illinois. The case file includes the complaint, motions, affidavits, exhibits, transcript of proceedings, and amici curiae memorandum. This case was appealed to the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
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With their complaint filed on September 18, 1972, the plaintiffs also filed a motion for preliminary injunctive relief in connection with the November 7, 1972 General Election in Chicago, Illinois. The case file includes the complaint, motions, affidavits, exhibits, transcript of proceedings, and amici curiae memorandum. This case was appealed to the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
This document was digitized by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2014 Summer Workshop in Chicago.
This primary source comes from the Records of District Courts of the United States.
National Archives Identifier: 12008891
Full Citation: Complaint; 9/18/1972; Puerto Rican Organization for Political Action, Jesus Gomez, Geraldo Gomez, Victor Gomez, Abdona Vargas, and other others similarly situated v. Stanley T. Kusper, Marie H. Suthers, and Francis P. Canary, in their capacity as the Board of Election...; Civil Case Files, 1938 - 1995; Records of District Courts of the United States, Record Group 21; National Archives at Chicago, Chicago, IL. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/complaint, July 9, 2025]Activities that use this document
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