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Lemons v. Bradbury

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Family Law, Government Law
In an action brought by voters who signed a referendum, which sought a statewide vote on a legislative act establishing same-sex domestic...

Preminger v. Peake

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Military Law
In a First Amendment challenge to the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) denial of entry to one of their facilities for the purpose of registering...

Zessar v. Keith

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Elections, Government Law
In a class-action suit alleging due-process violations in the rejection of absentee ballots without notice or a hearing, partial summary judgment for...

Vann v. Kempthorne

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Indian Law
In a suit by descendants of Cherokee-owned slaves alleging that the Secretary of the Interior violated numerous laws and constitutional provisions by...

US v. Missouri

Civil Rights, Elections, Government Law
In a suit brought by the government alleging Missouri was in violation of its obligations under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA),...

Gonzalez v. Aurora

Civil Rights, Elections, Government Law
In a suit under section 2 of the Voting Rights Act seeking an injunction to redraw a city's ward boundaries, summary judgment for city is affirmed...

Shays v. FEC

Administrative Law, Elections, Government Law
A decision rejecting revised regulations issued by the Federal Elections Commission in order to cure several problems previously found by a court in...

In the Matter of Master v. Pohanka

Elections, Government Law
Election Law section 6-120(3) allows a political party's state committee to vest itself with the authority to issue certificates of authorization for...

In the Matter of Conroy v. State Comm. of the Independence Party of New York

Elections, Government Law
In a declaratory judgment action seeking to invalidate an party rule on grounds that the rule conflicted with Election Law section 6-120(3), the court...

Lopez-Quinones v. Puerto Rico Nat. Guard

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by a former official of a significant unit within the Puerto Rico National Guard alleging he was terminated...