Utah Republican Party v. Cox

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

• DENYING [37] MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS;

• DENYING [38] MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS;

• DENYING [41] MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT; AND

• ENTERING PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

David Nuffer, United States District Judge

The Utah Republican Party (“URP”) claims in subparagraphs 73(b) through (g) of its Complaint1 (mirrored in subpara-graphs 79(a) through (f) of that Complaint) that the State of Utah may not require it to permit its members to seek a place on the primary election ballot through gathering signatures. The URP argued first that the…