Legal Opinion
Barr v. Galvin
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 16, 2010No. 09-2426PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, the Secretary of State, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, challenges the district court’s determination that Bob Barr and Wayne A. Root, the Libertarian Party’s candidates for president and vice-president in the 2008 general election, were entitled to have their names placed on the statewide ballot even though they had not submitted nomination papers as required by state law. While the particular election that gave rise to this controversy is over, the Secretary also challenges the district court’s related determinations that (i) the Equal…
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