Legal Opinion
Mark Moore v. John Thurston
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 1, 2019No. 18-1382PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Mark Moore, a registered voter and potential candidate for state office, challenged Arkansas's ballot access requirements for independent candidates.1 After the district court2 granted his request for declaratory and injunctive relief, the Arkansas Secretary of State (the Secretary)3 filed this appeal. As the state legislature recently amended the challenged statute to accord with the petition filing deadline that Moore had sought, no controversy remains, and thus we dismiss the appeal as moot.
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Under Arkansas law, independent candidates for both federal and state…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Arizonans for Official English v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- United States v. Munsingwear, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- U.S. Bancorp Mortgage Co. v. Bonner Mall PartnershipSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2007
- Izumi Seimitsu Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha v. U. S. Philips Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by14 opinions
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