Legal Opinion
Ayers-Schaffner v. DiStefano
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided July 21, 1994No. Civ. A. No. 94-0344 PPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PETTINE, Senior District Judge.
On June 7, 1994, a primary election was held for the Warwick School Committee. The Board of Elections subsequently invalidated that election and scheduled a new election. The new election was restricted to those candidates and voters who had participated in the first election. M. Janice AyersSchaffner, Shirley A. Chapian, and Robbin Shackleton (“plaintiffs”) are registered voters in the City of Warwick who did not vote in the first election but wish to vote in the second election. They brought suit against Joseph R. DiStefano, Jonathan K.…
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- Illinois State Board of Elections v. Socialist Workers PartySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by1 opinion
- M. Janice Ayers-Schaffner v. Joseph R. DistefanoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994