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Roger Whitmore's Auto. Serv. v. Del Re

Civil Rights, Elections, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's retaliation claims brought under section 1983 is affirmed where no rational jury could conclude that defendant modified...

Hoblock v. Albany County Bd. of Elections

Civil Procedure, Elections, Government Law, Remedies
The grant of plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction, which prevented defendant from certifying election results without tallying certain...

Preminger v. Principi

Administrative Law, Elections, Government Law, Remedies
Denial of plaintiffs' preliminary injunction, challenging their exclusion from the Department of Veterans' Affairs' premises when they tried to...

Igartua-De La Rosa v. US

Constitutional Law, Elections
The failure of the Constitution to grant US citizen residents in Puerto Rico the right to vote quadrennially for President is not a violation of US...

Shays v. Fed. Election Comm'n

Administrative Law, Elections
The district court properly invalidated five Federal Election Commission rules.

Independence Party of Richmond v. Graham

Constitutional Law, Elections, Remedies
Defendant-Board of Election's appeal from the grant of a preliminary injunction, which required it to permit plaintiff to open its primary election to...

Freedom Newspapers of Texas v. Cantu

Constitutional Law, Elections, Injury & Tort Law
In a defamation suit concerning articles written about a candidate for sheriff, denial of summary judgment to defendant-newspaper is reversed where...

King v. Illinois State Bd. of Elections

Attorney's Fees, Elections, Government Law
In a voting rights suit, the award of attorneys' fees to the prevailing intervenors is affirmed where they successfully defended a challenge to the...

Hagelin v. Fed. Election Comm'n

Administrative Law, Elections
The Commission on Presidential Debates properly excluded all third-party candidates from a debate during the presidential election on the ground that...

US v. Slone

Criminal Law & Procedure, Elections, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction for vote buying in a federal election is affirmed over his claim that he was not guilty of a federal crime since his conduct...