Legal Opinion
Socialist Workers Party v. Leahy
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 7, 1998No. 97-4295PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises out of plaintiff-appellants Socialist Workers Party (“SWP”) and the Florida Green Party’s (“FGP”) challenge to the constitutionality of Section 103.121(3), Fla. Stat., a provision of Florida’s election laws that requires the chairs and treasurers of political parties in Florida to file certain bonds. Because defendant-appellees Secretary of State Sandra Mortham and Florida’s sixty-seven county supervisors of elections disavowed any authority to enforce the challenged statute and retracted prior enforcement efforts, the district court found the matter…
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