Legal Opinion
Miller v. Lorain County Board of Elections
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1998No. 96-4267PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SILER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, Mark Miller, the Mark Miller for Congress Committee, Oona Miller, and Peter R. Swendseid (collectively “Miller”),1 challenged the constitutionality of Ohio’s ballot access scheme. Mark Miller was an independent candidate for United States Congress in 1994. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant, Lorain County Board of Elections (“Board”), and dismissed the case against Bob Taft, the Ohio Secretary of State. For the reasons stated below, we AFFIRM.
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- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Cleveland Board of Education v. LoudermillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Hewitt v. HelmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Kentucky Department of Corrections v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Mark Miller v. Lorain County Board Of ElectionsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998