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VARGAS v. CALABRESE

Civ. A. No. 85-4725.

634 F.Supp. 910 (1986)

Josephine VARGAS, Martin Ellerbee, Marion Gargiulo, Joann Wheeler, Janice Sellers, Maria Rivera, Margarita Gonzalez, Plaintiffs, v. Christine CALABRESE, Frank Caleca, Lee S. Lichtenberger, Julius D. Canter, as Members of the Hudson County Board of Elections; Joseph T. Brady, as Hudson County Superintendent of Elections; Gerald McCann; Anne Pappalardo, as District Board Member, Ward A, Joseph Russo, as District Board Member, Ward B, Katherine O'Connell, as District Board Member, Ward C, Muriel DiBello, as District Board Member, Ward D, Walter Kierce, as District Board Member, Ward E, William Wolfe, as District Board Member, Ward F, individually and on behalf of all District Board Members employed at the Jersey City June 11, 1985 election; Joseph Devine, Mary Paterno, Challengers, Ward A, Dennis Costa, Mildred Napolitano, Challengers, Ward B, George Dolan, June Bravo, Challengers, Ward C, Mark Pica, Elizabeth Ranelli, Challengers, Ward D, Juan Rosario, Yolanda Rivera, Challengers, Ward E, Phil Flood, Flossie Thompson, Challengers, Ward F, individually and on behalf of all Challengers used by candidate, Gerald McCann, at the Jersey City, June 11, 1985 election, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

May 14, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law by Samuel Issacharoff, Patricia M. Hanrahan, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rican Legal Defense & Educ. Fund, Inc. by Juan Cartagena, New York City and American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey by Lauren Anderson, Newark, N.J., for plaintiffs.

Margulies, Margulies & Wind by Robert E. Margulies, Jersey City, N.J., for defendants Christine Calabrese, Frank Caleca, Lee S. Lichtenberger, and Julius D. Canter.

Klinger, Nicolette, Mavroudis & Honig by Allan H. Klinger, Hackensack, N.J., for defendant Joseph T. Brady.

Joseph Healy, Jersey City, N.J., for defendant Gerald McCann.

W. Cary Edwards, Atty. Gen. of New Jersey by Donna Kelly-Boccher, Asst. Atty. Gen., Trenton, N.J., for defendant-intervenor.

OPINION

DEBEVOISE, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Josephine Vargas, Martin Ellerbee, Marion Gargiulo, Joann Wheeler, Janice Sellers, Maria Rivera, and Margarita Gonzalez, seven registered voters of Jersey City, seek declaratory relief and monetary damages on behalf of a proposed class of all registered black and Hispanic voters in Jersey City for alleged discrimination against minority voters during the June 11, 1985, municipal run-off election. Defendants are...

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