Legal Opinion
LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF MAINE v. Dunlap
District Court, D. Maine
Decided September 16, 2009No. CV-08-288-B-WPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., Chief Judge.
To appear on the November ballot, Maine law requires presidential candidates, who are not the nominees of a qualified political party, to submit their nomination petitions to municipal registrars for certification at least one week prior to the deadline for filing the petitions with the Secretary of State. The Plaintiffs are affiliated with the Libertarian Party and claim this requirement violates their constitutional rights. Because the Court con-eludes that the one-week-prior-to-filing deadline is not unduly burdensome…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Anderson v. CelebrezzeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Williams v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Burdick v. TakushiSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Storer v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Jenness v. FortsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by4 opinions
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