1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 28 F.3d
  5. 28 F.3d 306 (1994)
 

ORTIZ v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

No. 93-1634.

28 F.3d 306 (1994)

Angel ORTIZ, a member of the Philadelphia City Council, in his individual capacity; Project Vote!; Service Employees International Union v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA OFFICE OF the CITY COMMISSIONERS VOTER REGISTRATION DIVISION; Martha Johnson, in her official capacity as Administrator of the Voter Registration Division of the City of Philadelphia. Angel Ortiz, Project Vote! and Service Employees International Union, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 15, 1994.

Sur Petition for Rehearing July 8, 1994.

As Amended July 12, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Kimerling, Arthur A. Baer (argued), Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund and Education Fund, Inc., New York City, for appellants.

Judith E. Harris, City Solicitor, Michael F. Eichert, Deputy City Solicitor (argued), Office of City Solicitor, Philadelphia, PA, for appellees.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GARTH, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Angel Ortiz, Project Vote!, and Service Employees International Union (collectively "Ortiz") brought suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania seeking to enjoin the City of Philadelphia ("City") from implementing Pennsylvania's non-voting purge law as violative of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The district court denied Ortiz's request for a permanent injunction and Ortiz...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases