Legal Opinion
Crafts v. Quinn
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided September 28, 1984PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
By a verified amended complaint filed on September 4, 1984, in the Superior Court (Kennebec County) the Libertarian and Populist parties, joined by certain of their candidates and other members, seek a declaration that the statutory deadline of July 1 for the filing of nominating petitions for independent candidates for President and Vice President violates the first and fourteenth amendments of the United States Constitution. After hearing, the Superior Court on September 6, 1984, denied plaintiffs’ request for a mandatory preliminary injunction requiring the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Jenness v. FortsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Clements v. FashingSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- American Party of Texas v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by16 opinions
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