Murawski v. New York State Board of Elections et al

Plaintiff William E. Murawski sued defendants the New York State Board of Elections and the New York City Board of Elections seeking to enjoin the general election held on November 7, 2006 because the State Board of Election refused to place his name on the ballot as a gubernatorial candidate. Plaintiff later sought a declaration that the New York State Election Law was largely unconstitutional and added former governor George Pataki, former mayor Rudolph Giuliani, former attorney general Eliot Spitzer, mayor Michael Bloomberg as defendants. Plaintiff also sued IAC/Interactive Corp., Ronald M. Gunzberger, and Yahoo! Inc. because they undermined his master election plan to be elected governor. Plaintiff alleged that defendant Ronald Gunzburger declined to list plaintiff on his website, http://Politics1.com, and also that Gunzberger defamed him by placing plaintiff's name in a list directly below a member of the Communist Party. Plaintiff alleged that Ask.com erroneously showed plaintiff to be associated with the Communist Party as a result of the alleged statement on the Politics1.com website, and that defendant Yahoo! Inc. refused to permit him to post e-mail messages to various Yahoo! Groups, thus denying him access to millions of voters.

Additional Resources

• Ask.com Not Liable for Search Results or Indexing Decisions--Murawski v. Pataki. Professor Eric Goldman's Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Follow case documents by RSS

Available Case Documents

The following documents for this case are available for you to view or download:

Date Filed	Document Text
September 26, 2007	Filing 42 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER: for reasons further set forth in said Order, the State BOE's motion to dismiss 13 is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. All other motions to dismiss [8,12,16,21 and 22] are GRANTED in their entirety. Defendant Gunzburger's motion for sanctions [15] is DENIED. The Complaint is dismissed against the City and private defendants in its entirety and the Clerk is directed to terminate those defendants from the caption of this case. (Signed by Judge Richard J. Holwell on 9/26/07) (db)
August 10, 2007	Filing 41 MANDATE of USCA (Certified Copy) as to [29] Notice of Interlocutory Appeal, filed by William E. Murawski USCA Case Number 07-0671. Appellant, pro se, moves for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, Upon due consideration, it is hereby ORDERED that the motion is denied and the appeal is dismissed because it lacks ans arguable basis in law or fact. See Neitzke v Willianms, 490 U.S. 319, 325 (19189); U.S.C. 1915(e). Catherine O'Hagan Wolfe, Clerk USCA. Issued As Mandate: 8/9/2007. (nd)
April 20, 2007	Filing 40 MANDATE of USCA (Certified Copy) as to [29] Notice of Interlocutory Appeal, filed by William E. Murawski USCA Case Number 07-0671-cv. It is Ordered that the appeal from the 1/27/07 USDC-SDNY be, and it hereby is DISMISSED. Thomas Asreen, Acting Clerk USCA. Certified: 4/18/07. (tp)
February 23, 2007	Filing 30 Appeal Record Sent to USCA (Index). Notice that the Original index to the record on Appeal for [29] Notice of Interlocutory Appeal, filed by William E. Murawski 3 Copies of the index, Certified Clerk Certificate and Certified Docket Sheet were transmitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals. (nd) Additional attachment(s) added on 5/22/2007 (Thomas, Dave).
February 14, 2007	Filing 28 NOTICE OF CASE REASSIGNMENT to Judge Ronald L. Ellis. Judge Andrew J. Peck is no longer assigned to the case. (jmi)
January 6, 2007	Filing 13 FILING ERROR - ELECTRONIC FILING IN NON-ECF CASE - MOTION to Dismiss. Document filed by New York State Board of Elections. Responses due by 2/2/2007 (Murray, Patricia) Modified on 1/8/2007 (kg).
January 5, 2007	Filing 12 FILING ERROR - ELECTRONIC FILING IN NON-ECF CASE - MOTION to Dismiss Pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6). Document filed by IAC/Interactive Corp.. Responses due by 1/22/2007 Return Date set for 1/29/2007 10:00 AM. (Cheah, Michael) Modified on 1/8/2007 (kg).

Use the links below to access additional information about this case on the US Court's PACER system. A subscription to PACER is required.

Access this case on the New York Southern District Court's Electronic Court Filings (ECF) System

• Search for Party Aliases
• Associated Cases
• Attorneys
• Case File Location
• Case Summary
• Docket Report
• History/Documents
• Parties
• Related Transactions
• Check Status