Legal Opinion
Fortune v. Kings County Democratic County Committee
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided November 30, 1984No. 84 Civ. 0718PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
2Per curiam
This action has its genesis in the January 1984 election of the chairperson of the Executive Committee of the Kings County Democratic Committee. Plaintiffs, both nominated for the position, lost the election to Howard Golden, a defendant in this action. Plaintiffs’ claim focuses upon certain amendments to the rules of the Kings County Democratic County Committee adopted on October 6, 1982.
For many years prior to 1982, the Executive Committee had been made up of state committeemen, who were elected by members of the Democratic. party in Kings County, the chairperson,…
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