Legal Opinion
Lux v. Rodrigues
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided September 30, 2010No. 10A298In-chambersCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Justice Roberts, Circuit Justice.
Herb Lux has filed with me as Circuit Justice for the Fourth Circuit an application for an injunction pending appeal. Lux seeks an injunction requiring the Virginia State Board of Elections to count signatures that he collected in an effort to place himself on the congressional ballot. The application is denied.
Lux is an independent candidate for the U. S. House of Representatives in Virginia’s Seventh Congressional District. Under Virginia law, an independent candidate for Congress must obtain 1,000 signatures from voters registered in the relevant…
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