Legal Opinion
Ashworth v. Fortson
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided October 21, 1976No. Civ. A. C-76-861-APublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
The American Party of Georgia and its individual candidates for the 1976 general election brought this action challenging the constitutional validity of statutory filing limitations imposed by the Georgia Election Code. 1 Specifically, they seek to have the filing date for candidates of minor political organizations 2 declared unconstitutional and its enforcement enjoined. 3 They contend that the filing deadline is so remote from party primaries and the general election as to unduly burden their voting and associational rights, invidiously discriminating against new or small political…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Williams v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Storer v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bullock v. CarterSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Jenness v. FortsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- American Party of Texas v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Libertarian Party of Washington v. MunroCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Rock v. BryantDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1978
- Libertarian Party Of Washington v. MunroCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994