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Clingman v. Beaver

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
Oklahoma's semiclosed primary system does not violate the right to freedom of association since any burden it imposes is minor and justified by...

Charles H. Wesley Educ. Found. Inc. v. Cox

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
The district court properly granted a preliminary injunction which enjoined Georgia state officials from rejecting voter registration forms submitted...

Coalition of Labor v. Santa Barbara Bd. of Supervisors

Elections, Government Law
The Ralph M. Brown Act does not require a county board of supervisors to allow members of the public to address it concerning whether an item should...

Guzman-Ruiz v. Hernandez-Colon

Civil Rights, Elections, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination suit, summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where the record lacks any evidence of political animus...

McEntee v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd.

Elections, Government Law
The Merit Systems Protection Board correctly decided that plaintiff committed violations of the Hatch Act by running as a candidate for election to a...

MHG FIN. LTD. v. SANTEE

Elections, Government Law, Landlord Tenant Law
Defendant-City, which mistakenly enacted an incorrect ordinance, may properly enact another ordinance and make it retroactively effective to cure the...

SHANNON v. JACOBOWITZ

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections
In a constitutional claim arising from a voting machine malfunction, summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs is reversed where there is no federal due...

ROSSELLO-GONZALEZ v. CALDERON-SERRA

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a challenge to certain ballots cast in Puerto Rico's general election, the district court should not have intervened into a local election dispute.

DAVIS v. INT'L UNION

Constitutional Law, Elections, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's claim, alleging that defendant-employer illegally discriminated against him by setting aside his reelection as a regional officer, is...

DAVIS v. UNITED AUTO. WORKERS OF AM.

Elections, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit challenging an amendment to defendant-labor union's constitution that indirectly set aside plaintiff's reelection as a regional director,...