Legal Opinion
Queens County Republican Committee Ex Rel. Maltese v. New York State Board of Elections
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided September 21, 2002No. 02CV4836(ADS)(ETB)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION & ORDER
SPATT, District Judge.
This case presents the following issue: can the State of New York, consistent with the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, allow a non-party member to object to a candidate of another party appearing on the ballot in a primary election, on the ground that the candidate failed to meet the ballot access requirements?
Presently before the Court is a motion for a preliminary injunction, by the plaintiffs the Queens County Republican Committee, Perry S. Reich (“Reich”) and Stacy Kaplan-Villa (“Kaplan-Villa”) (collectively, the…
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