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PEREZ v. VELEZ

No. 85 Civ. 6268 (RLC).

629 F.Supp. 734 (1985)

Federico PEREZ, Robert DeLeon, and Thomas Santiago individually and on behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. Orlando VELEZ, individually and as President, Board of Elections in the City of New York, the Board of Elections in the City of New York, the State Board of Elections of the State of New York, and the State of New York, Defendants.

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

January 29, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniels & Reis, P.C., New York City, for plaintiffs; Agostinho Dias Reis, of counsel.

Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Corp. Counsel of the City of New York, New York City, for City defendants; Susan R. Rosenberg, Michael C. Harwood, of counsel.

OPINION

ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.

I

In this litigation the plaintiffs, candidates for election to the New York City Council, sought a preliminary injunction to enjoin the New York State Democratic Primary election on September 10, 1985, unless their names were placed on the ballots. The action was purportedly grounded in Sections 2 and 5 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1971 et seq., the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §...

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