FREE LIBERTARIAN PARTY, INC. v. SPANO

16-CV-3054 (SMG).

314 F.Supp.3d 444 (2018)

FREE LIBERTARIAN PARTY, INC., a New York not-for-profit corporation doing business as the Libertarian party of New York and acting as an independent body under the name of the Libertarian Party; and William Redpath, a Virginia resident. Plaintiffs, v. Andrew J. SPANO, Gregory P. Peterson, Peter S. Kosinski, and Douglas A. Kellner, in their official capacities as Commissioners of the New York State Board of Elections, Defendants.

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

Signed May 18, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Cause: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Civil Rights Act
Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Donoyan , Law Office Of Gary L. Donoyan, Manhasset, NY, for Plaintiffs.

John M. Schwartz , Jane R. Goldberg , State of New York/Office of the Attorney General, Douglas A. Kellner , Kellner Herlihy Getty & Friedman LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM & ORDER

INTRODUCTION

This case arises out of the 2016 election cycle in the State of New York. Plaintiffs contend that their First Amendment rights were and continue to be violated by a New York Election Law that provides that only persons who are "duly qualified...

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