Democratic National Committee v. Republican National Committee, No. 09-4615; Third Circuit; opinion by Greenaway, U.S.C.J.; filed March 8, 2012. Before Judges Sloviter, Greenaway and Stapleton. On appeal from the District of New Jersey, No. 2-81-cv-03876. [Sat below: Judge Debevoise.] DDS No. xx-8-xxxx [59 pp.]
During the 1981 New Jersey gubernatorial election, the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the New Jersey Democratic State Committee (DSC), Virginia Peggins and Lynette Monroe brought an action against the Republican National Committee (RNC), the New Jersey Republican State Committee (RSC), John Kelly, Ronald Kaufman and Alex Hurtado, alleging the RNC and RSC targeted minority voters in an effort to intimidate them in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments.
