Legal Opinion
Rogers v. Corbett
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 3, 2006No. 06-2241PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROTH, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, a group of minor political parties and minor party nominees for statewide office, 1 challenged the constitutionality of Section 2911 of the Pennsylvania election code, 25 Pa. Stat. § 2911(b), as applied to minor political parties and their candidates. They moved for a preliminary injunction against Pedro A. Cortes, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The District Court denied the motion and plaintiffs appealed. For the reasons stated below, we will affirm the judgment of the District Court.
1. Background
Under Pennsylvania law, a political body…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Anderson v. CelebrezzeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Burdick v. TakushiSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Storer v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bullock v. CarterSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- McDonald v. Board of Election Comm'rs of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- Erard v. JohnsonDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2012
- Stilp v. ContinoDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2009
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