Legal Opinion
Hess v. Hechler
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided March 31, 1995No. Civil Action 2:92-0807PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
COPENHAVER, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on plaintiffs’ complaint for a permanent injunction prohibiting the defendant from enforcing West Virginia’s statutory imposition of a primary eve deadline for the filing of signatures in support of minor party and independent candidate nominating petitions for public offices other than president and vice president, W.Va.Code § 3-5-24. In their complaint, plaintiffs seek to compel the defendant to accept such signatures through at least August 1st of each election year. However, in their reply brief on the motions for…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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3Cited by10 opinions
- George R. ("Tex") Wood v. Bruce Meadows, Secretary of the State Board of Elections, Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
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- George R. Wood, A/K/A George R. "Tex" Wood v. M. Bruce Meadows, Secretary of the State Board of Elections, Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
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