Legal Opinion
Libertarian Party of Virginia v. Alcorn
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 20, 2016No. 15-1162PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion in which Judge AGEE and Senior Judge DAVIS joined.
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
Robert Sarvis, a political figure in the Libertarian Party of Virginia, brings a constitutional challenge to Virginia’s three-tiered ballot ordering law. The district court found no merit in Sarvis’s arguments and accordingly dismissed his challenge for failure to state a claim under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). We now affirm.
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Sarvis’s attack focuses chiefly upon the ballot ordering law found in Virginia Code § 24.2-613. That law describes the form of ballot…
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