Legal Opinion
Scolaro v. District of Columbia Board of Elections & Ethics
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 27, 1996No. Civil Action 96-2643-LFOPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
This lawsuit involves several claims arising out of the November 5, 1996 elections for two seats on the Advisory Neighborhood Commission (“ANC”) 2E. The first set of claims is brought by plaintiffs Patricia Scolaro and Beverly Jost, the losing candidates in Districts 3 and 5 (respectively) of the ANC 2E. They allege that defendants — the D.C. Board of Elections and its members — engaged in unconstitutional vote-dilution by allowing over 800 Georgetown students to register improperly, since the students had not yet established that they were residents of…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Scolaro v. District of Columbia Bd. of Elections and EthicsDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2000
- Scolaro v. District of Columbia Board of Elections & EthicsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
- Scolaro v. District of Columbia Board of Elections & EthicsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997