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FRANCE v. PATAKI

Nos. 92 CIV. 1144 JES, 92 CIV. 7739 JES.

71 F.Supp.2d 317 (1999)

Mary FRANCE, Atchuda Barkr, Patrick Hayes, Blanca Torres Hayes, James Baker, and Sandra Rivers, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. George E. PATAKI, in his representative Capacity as Governor of the State of New York, City of New York, and New York City Board of Elections, Defendants, Joseph J. Dowd, Betty Weinberg Ellerin, Edwin Torres, the Supreme Court Justices Association of the City of New York, and the Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Intervenor-Defendants. Angelo Del Toro and Pilar Santiago, Plaintiffs, v. George Pataki, in his representative Capacity as Governor of New York, City of New York, and New York City Board of Elections, Defendants.

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

October 29, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Center for Constitutional Rights, New York City, Randolph M. Scott-McLaughlin, Efrida A. Scott-McLaughlin, of counsel, for France Plaintiffs.

Fischbein, Badillo, Wagner & Itzler, New York City, Kenneth G. Schwarz, Tyler Kandel, of counsel, for Del Toro Plaintiffs.

Elliot Spitzer, Attorney General of the State of New York, New York City, Joel Graber, Michael Melkonian, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel, for Defendant Pataki.

Michael D. Hess, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York City, Joel Berger, Mario Frangiose, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Of Counsel, for Defendants City of New York and City of New York Board of Elections.

Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City, Floyd Abrams, Dennis McInerny, of counsel, for Intervenor-Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SPRIZZO, District Judge.

This action is brought under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973 Mary France, Atchuda Barkr, Patrick Hayes, Blanca Torres Hayes, James Baker, and Sandra Rivers, (the "Mary France plaintiffs") and Angelo Del Toro and Pilar Santiago (the "Del Toro plaintiffs") challenge the present method of selection of New York State Supreme Court Justices in New York City. Plaintiffs contend...

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