Legal Opinion
Morrison v. Colley
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 12, 2006No. 06-4216PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Charles R. Morrison sought to run as an independent candidate for the office of United States Representative in Ohio’s Fifteenth Congressional District (“CD”) in the November 7, 2006, election. Defendants-appellees Franklin County Board of Elections (“BOE”), et al., excluded Morrison from the ballot on the ground that, under Ohio election law, he did not qualify as an independent candidate because he was affiliated with a political party. Morrison filed an action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio seeking…
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