Legal Opinion
Andrews v. Hyde
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided November 25, 1980No. Civ. No. B-80-5PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
DALY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs bring to this Court a claim that their right to vote in the November 1979 election for the Westport Board of Education was impaired by a misunderstanding of the town charter so that they were, in effect, disenfranchised, and prayers that the Court enjoin the Board of Education from acting and order a new election.
The following statement of facts is distilled from evidence offered at a two day court trial. The November 1979 election for the Board of Education attracted, even before the event, the interest of many Westport voters because of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lloyd T. Griffin v. Robert F. Burns, Etc., Thomas A. McCormickCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Robert Briscoe v. Stanley T. Kusper, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
- Ury v. SanteeDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1969
- Williams v. SclafaniDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1978
- Rudisill v. FlynnDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1979
3Cited by1 opinion
- Ponterio v. KochDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1984