Legal Opinion
Roxbury Taxpayers Alliance v. Delaware County Board of Supervisors
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided May 15, 1995No. 3:94-cv-00982PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION & ORDER
McAYOY, Chief Judge.
In the case before the court, plaintiffs Roxbury Taxpayers Alliance and three voter-residents of Delaware County, challenge the system of apportionment which allocates weighted votes to members of the Delaware County Board of Supervisors. Plaintiffs al lege that the system violates the one person, one vote principle implicit in the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
I
A. The Parties
Plaintiff Roxbury Taxpayers Alliance is an unincorporated association concerned with voting rights and political representation in Delaware County, New York.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Whitcomb v. ChavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Fusari v. SteinbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Abate v. MundtSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Fairley v. PattersonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by4 opinions
- Larios v. CoxDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 2004
- Roxbury Taxpayers Alliance, Susan E. Moore, Edward V.S. Moore, and Elsa MacDonald v. Delaware County Board of SupervisorsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Abate v. Rockland County LegislatureDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1997
- Reform of Schoharie County v. Schoharie County Board of SupervisorsDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1997