Legal Opinion
The Cool Moose Party v. State of Rhode Island
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 25, 1999No. 98-1874, 98-1875PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
In September 1996, the Cool Moose Party (“CMP”), a Rhode Island political party, and Robert J. Healey, Jr. individually and in his capacity as CMP’s chairperson (referred to collectively herein as “CMP”), filed suit in federal district court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from various provisions of Rhode Island’s primary election laws, R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 17-15-1 to 17 — 15— 44. After the parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment on a stipulated record, the district court ruled, inter alia, that R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-15-6, which…
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