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COLEMAN v. BOARD OF EDUC. OF CITY OF MOUNT VERNON

No. 97 Civ. 2302 (BSJ).

990 F.Supp. 221 (1997)

Gloria T. COLEMAN and The Coalition for the Empowerment of People of African Ancestry, on behalf of its African-American members who are registered voters, Plaintiffs, v. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON; M. Grace Anker, Donald P. Augustine, Joseph A. Carvalho, Benjamin Consolazio, Anthony M. Mosca, Leonard Sarver and Maryann Tartaglia, in their capacities as the Trustees of the Board of Education of the City of Mount Vernon; and Elia C. DeBenedictus, in his capacity as Clerk of the Board of Education of the City of Mount Vernon, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

May 1, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sullivan & Cromwell by Richard H. Klapper, Michael E. Swartz, Andrew Rotstein & Mark Coyne, New York City, for Plaintiffs.

D'Andrea & Goldstein by Vincent D'Andrea & Robert Goldstein, Scarsdale, NY, Donoghue, Thomas, Auslander & Drohan by Lawrence W. Thomas, of counsel, Scarsdale, NY, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. by John Borkowski, on the brief, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

Opinion and Order

JONES, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Gloria Coleman and the Coalition for the Empowerment of People of African Ancestry ("CEPAA") ask this Court to enjoin the Board of Education of Mount Vernon ("the School Board"), its Trustees, and its Clerk from violating state and federal law during the upcoming May 6, 1997 election for five of nine Trustee seats on the School Board. Plaintiffs also ask this Court to issue an order, pursuant to 42 U.S...

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