Legal Opinion
López Torres v. New York State Board of Elections
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided January 27, 2006No. 04 CV 1129(JG)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER INCLUDING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
GLEESON, District Judge:
The plaintiffs in this case claim that New York State’s electoral process for the office of Supreme Court Justice violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Specifically, they claim that the system both deprives voters of the right to choose their parties’ judicial candidates and imposes insurmountable burdens on challenger candidates who seek a major party nomination without the support of local Democratic or Republican Party leaders.
The plaintiffs seek a declaration that New…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. SalernoSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Anderson v. CelebrezzeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Williams v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Mullins v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2010
- New York State Bd. of Elections v. López TorresSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- United States v. Village of Port ChesterDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2010
- Torres v. New York State Board of ElectionsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- New York State Bd. of Elections v. López TorresSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
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