Legal Opinion
Torres v. New York State Board of Elections
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 30, 2006No. Docket No. 06-0635-CVPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRAUB, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to peer inside New York State’s political clubhouses and determine whether party leaders have arrogated to themselves a choice that belongs to the people. The task falls to us by way of interlocutory appeal. Specifically, defendants-appellants appeal from the grant of a preliminary injunction by the District Court for the Eastern District of New York (John Gleeson, Judge).
In its opinion and order, the District Court found a clear likelihood that New York State’s process for nominating Supreme Court Justices violates the First Amendment rights of…
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