Legal Opinion
Alwin E. Hopfmann v. Michael Joseph Connolly
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 22, 1984No. 84-1317PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COWEN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts which dismissed appellants’ (plaintiffs’) complaint. The principal plaintiff, Alwin E. Hopfmann, was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for the office of United States Senator in 1982. He, and four individuals who desired to vote for him, brought this action in the district court against the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, The Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Chairman of the Democratic Party of the Commonwealth of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Mandel v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by10 opinions
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