Legal Opinion
Ognibene v. Parkes
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 21, 2011No. Docket 09-0994-cv (Lead), 09-1432-cv (Con)PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL A. CROTTY, District Judge:
Appellants seek declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that recently-enacted amendments to the New York City Administrative Code, commonly known as the “pay-to-play” rules, violate the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by unduly burdening protected political *178speech and association, the Fourteenth Amendment by denying equal protection of the laws, and the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973.3 The challenged provisions (1) reduce below the generally-applicable campaign contribution limits the amounts that people who have business dealings with the…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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3Cited by68 opinions
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