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MANHATTAN STATE CITIZENS' GROUP, INC. v. BASS

No. 81 Civ. 5883 (GLG).

524 F.Supp. 1270 (1981)

MANHATTAN STATE CITIZENS' GROUP, INC., Plaintiff, v. James F. BASS, as President of the New York City Board of Elections; R. Wells Stout, as Chairman of the New York State Board of Elections; Hugh L. Carey, as Governor of the State of New York, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

October 30, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, New York City, for plaintiff; Minna J. Kotkin, New York City, Lewis A. Golinker, New York City, of counsel.

Allen G. Schwartz, Corp. Counsel of the City of New York City, for defendant Bass; Susan M. Shapiro, Asst. Corp. Counsel, New York City, of counsel.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of N. Y., for defendants Stout and Carey; Daniel D. Kaplan, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge:

Under the New York Election Law, persons who have been adjudged incompetent, or are involuntarily committed to a mental institution by court order, lose their right to vote. N.Y. Election Law § 5-106(6) (McKinney 1978) ("section 5-106(6)"). Plaintiff Manhattan State Citizens' Group, Inc. ("Citizens' Group"), a not-for-profit corporation, some of whose members are...

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