Red Squad Chicago court case collection of open files, 1976-1993

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Red Squad Chicago court case collection of open files, 1976-1993

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Legal documents, reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings relating to the legal cases assembled against the Chicago Police Department's Surveillance Unit, commonly known as the Red Squad, for its surveillance of alleged political subversives and persons engaging in leftist political activities rather than crimes. Plaintiffs argued that police surveillance curtailed certain individuals' and organizations' rights to express themselves freely. Class action lawsuits filed by the Alliance to End Repression and the American Civil Liberties Union were tried together in federal court in Chicago. Judge Susan Getzendanner presided over the case in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, ca. 1974-1981.

1 linear foot (2 boxes)

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American Civil Liberties Union

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Founded in 1920 in New York City by Roger Baldwin and others; the ACLU was an outgrowth of the American Union Against Militarism's National Civil Liberties Bureau, which in 1920 changed its name to the American Civil Liberties Union. From the description of Collection, 1917- (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 42740878 The Southern Women's Rights Project (SWRP) located in Richmond is affiliated with the American Civil Liberties Union. The project deal...

Getzendanner, Susan C., 1939-

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United States. District Court (Illinois : Northern District : Eastern Division)

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Alliance to End Repression

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Chicago (Ill.). Police Dept. Intelligence Section.

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Chicago (Ill.). Police Dept.

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