FERRIS v. CUEVAS

No. 1465, Docket 96-9406.

118 F.3d 122 (1997)

Joseph FERRIS and Mildred Morrison, individually and on behalf of all signers of the initiative petitions filed pursuant to Section 40 of the New York City Charter, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Carlos CUEVAS, as City Clerk of the City of New York, and the Board of Elections of the City of New York, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Juntikka, New York City (Charles Juntikka & Assoc., P.C., of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Alan Beckoff, Office of Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York City (Paul A. Crotty, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, Stephen J. McGrath and Masako C. Shiono, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees.

Before OAKES, KEARSE, and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.


OAKES, Senior Circuit Judge:

Joseph Ferris and Mildred Morrison appeal the judgment entered October 30, 1996, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Sterling Johnson, Jr., Judge, denying their request for a preliminary injunction and dismissing their complaint. Appellants had requested that the court issue an injunction ordering the City Clerk and the Board of Elections for the City of New York to place their proposed initiative...

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