Legal Opinion
Socialist Workers Party v. Hechler
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided September 13, 1988No. Civ. A. 2:88-0499PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
COPENHAVER, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on the cross motions for summary judgment filed by defendants Ken Hechler, Allan Hammock, Barbara Ruley, Ben Bryant and Perry Reed, and by the plaintiffs Socialist Workers Party, George Richard McBride, James Kenneth Gotesky, Elvena Elizabeth Brady, Cleve Andrew Pully and Toba Leah Singer.
1. Background
On April 13, 1988, plaintiffs filed a complaint against the defendants seeking declarative and injunctive relief from the restraints of certain sections of the West Virginia election laws which plaintiffs allege as being…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Cromer v. South CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
- Socialist Workers Party v. HechlerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
- Fishbeck v. HechlerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
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- Hess v. HechlerDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1995
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