TURNER v. D.C. BD. OF ELECTIONS AND ETHICS

No. CIV. A. 98-2634(RWR).

77 F.Supp.2d 25 (1999)

Wayne TURNER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND ETHICS, Defendant and United States of America, Intervenor.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur B. Spitzer, American Civil Liberties Union of National Capital Area, Washington, D.C., Graham Boyd, American Civil Liberties, Union Foundation, New Haven, CT, for Plaintiff.

Maria Amato, Chief, Civil Rights Division, Office of the Corporation Counsel, D.C., Washington, D.C., for Defendant.

Jeffrey S. Moskowitz, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for United States.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROBERTS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, five registered District of Columbia voters and a committee of such voters, and the defendant, the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics ("the Board"), seek a declaratory judgment that § 171 of Congress's 1998 District of Columbia Appropriations Act (the "Barr Amendment") is unconstitutional if it bars the Board from counting, releasing, and certifying the results of the November...

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