Legal Research on Voting Rights Court Opinions

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Uf'IITED STATES 0F At'fERICA v. I'IATTHEII J. CIANCIULLI' JR.'
J05EpH R. RICCA, ANTH0NY FI0RENTINo

CRII'fINAL No. 79-165-'li 79-163-2; ?9-165-6

UHITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF

PENI(ISYLVAIIIIA

482 F.Supp. 585

December 17, 1979

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... Supp. 934 (t^l.D.N.Y. 1976) ' held:

n36/ As SBnator Tydtngs, a member of the Senate Judlclary Commlttee, stated
durlng debate on the floor qf the Senate as to the general meanlng of the Phrase,'knowlngLy and wlIful1yr" used throughout the Votlng Rlghts Act of 1963t 42

u.s.c. g 1971 et seq.:

Subs8ctlon 12(a) provldes for thB lmposition of crlnlnal penalties for
,,w1llfully and,(not^llngly" deprlving or attemptlng to dePrive other persons oF

LEVEL 1 . 16 OF 19 CASES

H06Atrl & HARTSoNT Plaintiff, v. Davlcl l{. BUTot^lsxY, Defendant.

No. 77 Ctv. 5661 (CES).

Unlted States Distrlct Courtr Southern Dlstrlct NEt^, Yorlt.

459 F.Supp. 796

Oct. 24, 1978.

OPINION:
...89 S.Ct. at 1852. It also noted its agrBement ullth Justtce Frankfurter's

concurrence 1n Hannahi
,tJere thB tClvll Rlghtsl Conmission exercislng an accusatory functionr Nere 1ts
duty to Find that named tndlviduals were responslble tor h,rongful deprlvatlon of
votlng rights ancl to advertise such findlng or to servB as part oF the, Process

oF crlnlnal prosBcutlon, thB rlgorous protectlons relevant to crlminal
prosecutlons mlght welI be the controlllng startlng Point for assesslng the
protectlon whlch the CDmnlssion's procedure prov1des."

Id., quotlng,363 U.S. at 4881 8CI 5.Ct. 1502. Flnally, the Court's h01dlng
also rellecl to ...

LEVEL 1 . 17 OF 19 CASES

It'lchael R. Fol{THAt'l'et al. v. John J. l'fcXEITHENT Eovernor of
the State of Loulslana and i'fember of th8 Board of Voter

Registratlon, et al.

civ. 'A. trlo. 71-2631 .

Untted States Dlstrlct Court, E.D. Loulsiana' New orleans
Dlvlsion.

336 F. Supp. 153

Dec. 7, 1971.

D I SSEIIIT :
compelltng Justlflcatlon for cllsfranchisenent, of feLons woulrl J.ead

tnEvitably to the same degree of justiflcatlon belng requlrecl for the
estabLtshment of rtlfferent Jail sentenc8s for cllfferent crltnes. ThB problen of
applylng equal protection analysls to crln1nal punitlon i5 5u1 generlsr and
has no proper pLace 1n the conslderatton of thls straightforulard votlng rlghts
case.

LEVEL 1 - 18 0F 19 CASES

Jack t(ent C00KE and Callfornla Sports, Inc., Plaintif fsr v.
TELEPR0I{pTER CORP0RATI0N et al. ' Defenrlants.

Flo. 71 Cl v. 4623.

Unlted States Dlstrlct Caurt' S.D. l'leul York.

334 F. Supp. 467

Itlov. 23, 1971 .

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factsr ln grants of licenses. The record and the Jury verdict are

suFFiclent to renrter not unreasonable a cleclsion by the sharehoLders or a

naJorlty of them that a changp ln management shouLd be effectecl, at least
pending the outcome of the crlmlnal 11tlgatlon. The posslb1llty remains that
Kal.rn uiLt be restorecl to all of hls votlng rights and prestlge of officB 1f
ul.tlmately exonBreted.

ThB position oF the present Board nominePs 15 adequately stated by one of the
incunbents uho ls a nomlnee on the management slate for re-electlon. He has
advlsed thts Court under oath that:

LEVEL 1 - 19 OF 19 CASES

Linda l'lcINNIS, a minor, etc., et al., Plalntlf fs' v. SanueL
H. SHAPIRo, Eovernor of the State of lUlnolsr Ray Page'

Superlntenclent of Publlc Instructlon of thB State of
IJ.linots, Adl.al E. Stevenson, III, Treasurer Of the State of

I111no1s ' t'lichaBl' J. Hotrlett, Auttitor of the State of
I111no1s' Defendants.

l$o. 68 C 673.

Unlted States Distrlct Court N.D. I111no1sr Eastern
Divlslon.

293 F.Supp. 327

ttlov. 15, 1968r Judgment AFflrmed lfarch 24r 1969.

OP INIOFI:
... t'lcLurB, A Stut y of the PubLlc Schools in lLlinols (1965).

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