Legal Opinion
Baker v. Pataki
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 30, 1996No. Nos. 565, 1135, 1136, 1137, Dockets 94-2163, 94-2164, 94-2165, 94-2176PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal was reheard in bane to consider the applicability of § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Pub.L. No. 89-110, 79 Stat. 437, 437, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 (the “Voting Rights Act” or the “Act”), to New York Election Law § 5-106(2)-(5), which denies the franchise to incarcerated and paroled felons, particularly in light of the felon disenfranchisement provision of § 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Plaintiffs-appellants, black and hispanic incarcerated felons, appeal from a judgment entered February 22, 1994 in the United States District Court for…
2Cases cited63 opinions
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3Cited by51 opinions
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