Legal Opinion
LeBlanc-Sternberg v. Fletcher
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 24, 1991No. 91 Civ. 2550 (GLG)PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
-GOETTEL, District Judge:
Racial and religious intolerance have long been endemic in our nation. While progress has been made during this century, these scourges have not disappeared. Newspapers daily chronicle overt acts of hatred such as cross burnings on the lawns of black families, swastikas painted on the walls of synagogues and racial epithets flying between mobs of angry people. More subtle, but equally invidious, are actions taken in the name of community interest, protected by our political system, which draw upon the prejudices of the electorate, effectively institutionalizing…
2Cases cited52 opinions
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3Cited by27 opinions
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