Legal Opinion
Arizona Green Party v. Michele Reagan
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 23, 2016No. 14-15976PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:
The Arizona Green Party (the “Green Party” or the “Party”), having failed to meet the deadline for recognition as an official political party on the 2014 Arizona ballot, challenges the constitutionality of Arizona’s filing deadline for new party petitions. 1 The Green Party seeks declaratory and injunctive relief against the Arizona Secretary of State (the “Secretary”), claiming that by requiring “new” 2 parties to file recognition petitions 180 days before the primary, Arizona unconstitutionally burdens those parties’ First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Anderson v. CelebrezzeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Williams v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Burdick v. TakushiSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Moore v. OgilvieSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Norman v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Chad Thompson v. Richard DeWineCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2021
- Arizona Libertarian Party v. Katie HobbsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2019
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