Legal Opinion
Lightfoot v. Eu
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 18, 1992No. 90-16680PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
The Libertarian Party of California (“the Party”), its Chairman Gail Lightfoot, and several of its members sought an injunction ordering Secretary of State March Fong Eu to place Pat McHargue, George O’Brien, Ronald Rubidoux, and Eric Garris on the ballot for the November 1990 California general election as the Libertarian candidates for various state and federal offices. They also sought a declaratory judgment that California Elections Code sections 6653 and 6661(a) are unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Storer v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Jenness v. FortsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central CommitteeSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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