Legal Opinion
Puerto Rican Legal Defense & Educ. Fund v. Gantt
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 26, 1992No. CV-92-1521(SJ), CV-92-1776(SJ)PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
In order to aid the court in its task of redistricting the State of New York from 34 to 31 congressional districts, as mandated by the 1990 federal census, this three-judge court appointed the Hon. Frederick B. Lacey as special master on May 12, 1992. Two weeks later, on May 26, 1992, Judge Lacey presented a plan of 31 congressional districts with a report recommending that this court adopt the plan as submitted. For the following reasons, this three-judge court agrees with Judge Lacey and conditionally adopts his proposed plan as the congressional districts for New York based on the…
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