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COOK v. BOARD OF ED. OF SALMON RIVER CENT. SCH. DIST. NO. 1

No. 605, Docket 34274.

424 F.2d 995 (1970)

John COOK, Individually and as Head Chief of the St. Regis Indian Reservation, Minerva White, Ella Peters, Noah Cook and Margrett Lazore on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SALMON RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, The Commissioner of Education of the State of New York and The State of New York, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 21, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Omar Z. Ghobashy, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

James F. Mills, Fort Covington, N. Y., for defendant-appellee Board of Education of Salmon River Cent. School Dist. No. 1.

John P. Jehu, Albany, N. Y. (Robert D. Stone, Counsel and Deputy Commissioner for Legal Affairs, Albany, N. Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellee Commissioner of Education of State of New York.

Robert S. Hammer, Asst. Atty. Gen., of State of New York (Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of State of New York, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), for defendant-appellee State of New York.

Before SMITH, KAUFMAN and HAYS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellants, St. Regis Indians, members of the Mohawk Nation, Six Nation (Iroquois) Confederacy and residents of the St. Regis Indian Reservation in the State of New York, instituted this class action for injunctive and declaratory relief in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York alleging that they and others similarly situated were being denied the right to vote in local school board elections and were being prevented from...

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