Legal Opinion
WESTERMANN Et Al. v. NELSON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ARIZONA
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 20, 1972No. A-412PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Douglas, Circuit Justice.
Petitioners are candidates of the American Independent Party who complain of their inability to get on the ballot in Arizona for the November 7, 1972, election.
They brought suit in the District Court but their complaint was dismissed. They desire to appeal to the Court of Appeals but were denied a preliminary injunction by a judge of that court. They now apply to me as Circuit Justice.
The complaint may have merit. But the time element is now short and the ponderous Arizona election machinery is already under way, printing the ballots. Absentee ballots have…
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