JUDICIARY V JUDICIARY - WHERE DOES IT START - AND STOP?

• NCJ Number: 14417
• Journal: Illinois Bar Journal Volume: 62 Issue: 10 Dated: (JUNE 1974) Pages: 540-547
• Author(s): J E HORSLEY; R F RECORD
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: Illinois State Bar Assoc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

IN JANUARY 1974 THE U.S. SUPREME COURT REVERSED A 1972 COURT OF APPEALS SEVENTH CIRCUIT RULING THAT ILLINOIS STATE JUDGES WERE NOT IMMUNE FROM FEDERAL WRITS OF INJUNCTION TO RESTRAIN JUDICIAL ACTS.

Abstract

THE COURT BASED ITS OPINION ON ITS OBJECTION TO UNWARRANTED ANTICIPATORY INTERFERENCE IN THE STATE CRIMINAL PROCESS BY THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY. THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE BACKGROUND OF THE TWO INSTANT CASES: O'SHEA V. LITTLETON AND SPOMER V. LITTLETON AND ANALYZES THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE SUPREME COURT MAJORITY HOLDING.