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Article • May 17, 2010 • from P&J May, 2010
Hayden v. Patterson, No. 04-3886-pr (2nd Cir.) (594 F.3d 150) (January 28, 2010) (Judge Chester J. Straub) by In a Due Process and Equal Protection Clause challenge to New York's felon disenfranchisement laws, judgment on the pleadings for defendants is affirmed where: 1) plaintiffs' amended complaint failed to allege any …
Article • April 1, 2006 • from P&J April, 2006
Hayden v. Pataki, No. 04-3886-pr (2nd Cir.) (449 F.3d 305) (May 4, 2006) (Judge Jose A. Cabranes) by The Second Circuit granted en banc review in this case in order to decide whether the plaintiffs can state a claim for violation of Section 2 of the Federal Voting Rights Act …
Article • March 1, 2005 • from P&J March, 2005
Johnson v. Governor of Florida, No. 02-14469 (11th Cir.) (405 F.3d 1214) (April 12, 2005) (Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch) by Here the en banc Court upheld a controversial 1868 Florida law that generally permanently bars some 600,000 convicted Florida felons from voting - even after they have finished serving their …
Article • February 1, 2005 • from P&J February, 2005
Muntaqim v. Coombe, No. 01-7260 (2nd Cir.) (396 F.3d 95) (December 29, 2004) (Per Curiam) by Granting rehearing en banc of decision reported at 366 F.3d 102, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 8077 (2d Cir. N.Y., 2004); but see Muntaqim v. Coombe, 385 F.3d 793 (2nd Cir. Oct. 1., 2004) where …
Article • November 1, 2004 • from P&J November, 2004
Muntaqim v. Coombe, No. 01-7260 (2nd Cir.) (385 F.3d 793) (October 1, 2004) (Per Curiam) by Denying rehearing en banc to decision reported at Muntaqim v. Coombe, 366 F.3d 102, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 8077 (2d Cir. N.Y., 2004); but see Muntaqim v. Coombe, 396 F.3d 95 (2nd Cir. Dec. …
Article • February 1, 2004 • from P&J February, 2004
Johnson v. Governor of State of Fla., No. 02-14469 (11th Cir.) (353 F.3d 1287) (December 19, 2003) (Judge Rosemary Barkett) by The plaintiffs in this case, ex-felon citizens of Florida, on their own right and on behalf of others, sought review of a decision of the United States District Court …
Article • February 1, 2004 • from P&J February, 2004
Farrakhan v. State of Washington, No. 01-35032 (9th Cir.) (359 F.3d 1116) (February 24, 2004) (Per Curiam) by Here a sharply divided en banc court from the Ninth Circuit declined to overturn a panel’s prior decision (reported at 338 F.3d 1009 (9th Cir. 2003)) which upheld the validity of a …
Article • July 1, 2003 • from P&J July, 2003
Farrakhan v. State of Washingtom, No. 01-35032 (9th Cir.) (338 F.3d 1009) (July 25, 2003) (Judge Richard A. Paez) by Here the Ninth Circuit held that the district court had erred when it concluded that Washington State’s felon disenfranchisement scheme did not violate the federal Voting Rights Act (42 U.S.C. …
Article • July 1, 1996 • from P&J July, 1996
Baker v. Pataki, No. 94-2163, No. 565 (2nd Cir.) (85 F.3d 919) (May 30, 1996) (Per Curiam) by
Article • August 1, 1995
Baker v. Cuomo, No. 94-2163, No. 565 (2nd Cir.) (58 F.3d 814) (May 12, 1995) (Judge Wilfred Feinberg) by This case involves a class action brought by inmates who challenge the validity of New York's voting laws that disenfranchise incarcerated felons but permit unincarcerated felons to vote. The case was …