Legal Opinion
Reform Party of Allegheny County v. Allegheny County Department of Elections Mark Wolosik, Director of the Allegheny County Department of Elections
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 30, 1999No. 96-3677, 97-3359PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROTH, Circuit Judge:
In this en banc review, we must determine to what extent our earlier decision in Patriot Party of Allegheny County v. Allegheny County Dep’t of Elections, 95 F.3d 253 (3d Cir.1996) (Patriot Party I), remains good law in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Timmons v. Twin Cities Area, New Party, 520 U.S. 351, 117 S.Ct. 1364, 137 L.Ed.2d 589 (1997). In Patriot Party I, we held that the Pennsylvania statutes at issue, which in certain local elections bar cross-nomination of candidates by minor parties, but not by major parties, violated the Patriot…
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