Legal Opinion
Valenti v. Rockefeller
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 20, 1969No. Civ. A. 1968-224, W.D.N.Y; 68 Civ. 2942, 68 Civ. 2988, S.D.N.YPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*853LUMBARD, Chief Circuit Judge:
These three suits brought by New York voters1 against the Governor and the Secretary of State sought a determination that the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires that the Senate vacancy created by the death of Senator Robert F. Kennedy on June 6, 1968, be filled at the November, 1968 general election. Since this vacancy arose less than 60 days prior to New York’s regular spring primary in an even-numbered year, under New York Election Law § 296 the vacancy will be filled at the general election in the next even-numbered year, in this…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Williams v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Harper v. Virginia Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Zwickler v. KootaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- Angel Manuel Cintron Garcia v. Carlos Romero Barcelo, Etc., Partido Popular DemocraticoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
- Kaelin v. WardenDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1971
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