Legal Opinion
Diaz v. Silver
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided February 27, 1997No. 1:95-cv-02591PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
2Per curiam
Plaintiffs, who are Latino and African-American, seek a declaratory judgment and a permanent injunction against the further use of the current configuration of New York State’s 12th Congressional District on the ground that it violates their constitutional rights under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Before the court is their motion for summary judgment and defendant-intervenor Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund’s cross-motion for summary judgment.
Background
(A) The Parties
Plaintiffs are residents and registered voters…
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