Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

TROOPERS LODGE NO. 41 v. WALKER, 419 U.S. 1058 (1974)

TROOPERS LODGE NO. 41, FRATERNAL Ord. OF POLICE v. WALKER,GOVERNOR OF Ill., 419 U.S. 1058 (1974)

Type: Opinion
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: Federal
Date: 1974-12-09
Topic: general

TROOPERS LODGE NO. 41 v. WALKER, 419 U.S. 1058 (1974) 95 S.Ct. 642 TROOPERS LODGE NO. 41, FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, ET AL. v. WALKER,GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS, ET AL. No. 74-350. December 9, 1974, October TERM, 1974.

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TROOPERS LODGE NO. 41 v. WALKER,419 U.S. 1058(1974)

95 S.Ct. 642

TROOPERS LODGE NO. 41, FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, ET AL. v. WALKER,

GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS, ET AL.

No. 74-350.

December 9, 1974, October TERM, 1974.

Sup. Ct. Ill. Certiorari denied. MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN and MR. JUSTICE POWELL would grant certiorari. Reported below:57 Ill. 2d 512,315 N.E. 2d 9.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS.

The petitioners are members of the Illinois State Police who, joined by their fraternal organization, challenge an Illinois regulatory program that requires disclosure of financial transactions and associations by state employees. The program was created by an executive order of the Governor of Illinois. The order established a State Board of Ethics, empowered to require designated state employees to file an annual statement of economic interest, which discloses assets and liabilities, each source of income and the amount received therefrom, and each "close economic association," which is defined as a "busi[ILLEGIBLE TEXT]Page 1070