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Shulman v. Hunderfund

Education Law, Elections, Injury & Tort Law
In a libel action by a public figure, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed, where the record did not clearly and convincingly show that the...

Kucinich v. Texas Dem. Pty.

Constitutional Law, Elections
In a First Amendment challenge to the Texas Democratic Party's requirement that prospective presidential candidates support the party's presidential...

California Sch. Bd. Assoc. v. State of California

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Remedies
In a challenge to state legislative action, trial court's grant of injunctive and declaratory relief is affirmed in part and reversed in part where:...

Bartlett v. Strickland

Elections, Government Law
In an appeal from a state court order requiring a voting district to be redrawn under the Voting Rights Act (VRA), the judgment is affirmed. The...

US v. Brown

Elections
In a Voting Rights Act action alleging the dilution of white Democrat voting power in a county primary, judgment for Plaintiff is affirmed, where the...

Del Gallo v. Parent

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a case involving First Amendment rights and the right to campaign on a post office sidewalk, grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment is...

Canyon Ferry Rd. Baptist Church v. Unsworth

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Elections
In a First Amendment challenge to state campaign contribution reporting regulations, summary judgment for Defendant is reversed where the state...

DiMaio v. Democratic Nat'l Comm.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Elections
In a complaint alleging that the Democratic National Committee violated the Fourteenth Amendment by ruling, prior to the 2008 presidential primaries,...

Common Cause/Georgia v. Billups

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a suit brought by the NAACP and Georgia voters challenging the state's voter ID laws, a ruling dismissing the case is vacated in part, but judgment...

US v. Tobin

Communications Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Elections, Government Law
Defendant's efforts to cripple the Democratic Party's get-out-the-vote initiative by jamming the Party's phone lines on election day did not violate...