A challenge to New York City's method of selecting Supreme Court justices was rejected by a U.S. District Court. The court ruled the judicial selection method does not discriminate against Latinos and African-Americans, and refused to order the implementation of a single-member district nomination system. The ruling came in two lawsuits filed in 1992 that alleged a violation of the Voting Rights Act.
October 05, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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A challenge to New York City’s method of selecting Supreme Court justices has been rejected by the Southern District.
Judge John E. Sprizzo ruled in France v. Pataki, 92 Civ. 1144, that the judicial selection method does not discriminate against Latinos and African-Americans, and he refused to order the implementation of a single-member district nomination system.
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