Legal Opinion
Seergy v. Kings County Republican County Committee
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 20, 1972No. Nos. 733-735, Dockets 72-1289, 72-1313 and 72-1315PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
We are called upon once again to delve into the intricacies of the New York Election Law, this time to determine whether a procedure authorized by it for the election and voting powers of members of a county political committee operate to deprive duly registered voters of their constitutional right to equal protection of the laws.
The plaintiffs below, enrolled Republican voters and members of the Kings County Republican County Committee, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 1 to challenge the system by which committeemen’s votes in the Kings County Republican…
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