Legal Opinion
Morrill v. Weaver
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 19, 2002No. 2:02-cv-01497PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
Van Antwerpen, District Judge.
This case concerns a constitutional challenge brought on March 25, 2002 by five Green Party candidates and activists (“Plaintiffs”), requesting a preliminary injunction restraining enforcement of a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania statute, 25 P.S. § 2911(d) (“ § 2911(d)” or “the statute”), regarding nominations of candidates for political office. The statute requires that election petition “affiants” for a particular candidate be “qualified electors” of the district in which that candidate is running. Plaintiffs allege that if “qualified electors”…
2Cases cited52 opinions
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3Cited by28 opinions
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