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ROGERS v. NEW YORK CITY BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. 97 Civ. 6609(SAS).

988 F.Supp. 409 (1997)

Roland ROGERS, on his behalf and all African American voters as a class whose voting rights are effected by this matter, Plaintiff, v. NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF ELECTIONS, New York City Campaign Finance Board, WABC-TV, NY-1 TV, WCBS-TV WNBC-TV and WNET-TV, Defendants.

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

December 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland Rogers, New York City, pro se.

Jeffrey Friedlander, Paul Marks, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York City, for defendant New York City Board of Elections.

Nicole A. Gordon, Laurence Laufer, Karen Zweig, New York City Campaign Finance Board, New York City, Vaughn C. Williams, Ken Gross, New York City, for defendant New York City Campaign Finance Board.

Saul B. Shapiro, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, for defendant WABC-TV.

Jay E. Gerber, Davis Weber & Edwards P.C., New York City, for defendant New York 1 News.

Jacquelyn J. Orr, Litigation Counsel, New York City, for defendant CBS, Inc.

Daniel M. Kummer, Litigation Counsel, New York City, for defendant National Broadcasting Company, Inc.

Eleanor S. Applewhaite, Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, New York City, for defendant WNET.

OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

Plaintiff Roland Rogers ("Rogers"), an African-American candidate for the office of Mayor or the City of New York, claims that he was unfairly excluded from participating in public televised debates sponsored by defendant the New York City Campaign Finance Board. As a result, he filed a Complaint on September 8, 1997, alleging that defendants had violated his rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments...

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