Legal Opinion

Jackson v. Nassau County Board of Supervisors

District Court, E.D. New York

Decided April 14, 1993No. CV 91-3720 (ADS)PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

SPATT, District Judge.

“Within a given constituency, there can be room for but a single constitutional rule — one voter, one vote” (Gray v. Sanders, 372 U.S. 368, 382, 83 S.Ct. 801, 809, 9 L.Ed.2d 821 [1963]). In his concurrence in Gray, Justice Potter Stewart reaffirmed the right of political participation which reaches back to The Federalist Papers and forward to as yet unknown possibilities of electronic politics in the 21st century. One can only imagine what Hamilton, Madison and Jefferson would have thought of modern “PCs” and “MACs” humming overtime on complicated…

2Cases cited49 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Hicks v. MirandaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Wesberry v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Yatauro v. ManganoNew York Court of Appeals · 2011
  2. Yatauro v. ManganoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  3. Yatauro v. ManganoNew York Supreme Court · 2011
  4. Jackson v. NASSAU COUNTY BD. OF SUP'RS.District Court, E.D. New York · 1993

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