Legal Opinion
Libertarian Party of Arkansas v. Mark Martin
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 30, 2017No. 16-3794PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
The Libertarian Party of Arkansas, Kristin Vaughn, Robert Chris Hayes, Deb-rah Standiford and Michael Pakko (collectively Libertarian Party) brought a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief action against the Arkansas Secretary of State, claiming that the ballot access statutory scheme violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The scheme required new political parties to hold a nominating convention prior to the major parties’ preferential primary election. The district court 1 granted declaratory relief, denied injunc-tive relief, denied the Secretary of…
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