Mele v. Ryder

The plaintiff, as executive member of the Republican County Committee for the 13th Executive District of the County of Bronx, seeks an injunction pendente lite against the use by the defendants of the name “Republican” or the eagle, the official emblem of the Republican Party. The action is brought with the express authorization, if not at the direct behest, of the Executive Committee of the Republican County Committee, so that the plaintiff is the spokesman of the Republican County Committee, the official organization of the Republican Party in this county.

There is little dispute over the…