Legal Opinion
Independent Party of Arkansas v. Secretary of State Priest
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided November 17, 1995No. LR-C-94-762PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
WILSON, District Judge.
Plaintiffs filed suit in district court against Arkansas Secretary of State Sharon Priest pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiffs assert that the Arkansas election laws, as they existed in 1994, denied them due process of the law and equal protection of the laws. The positions of Plaintiffs and Defendant were supported by excellent briefs and oral arguments.
BACKGROUND
The Independent Party of Arkansas (IPA) is a political group that was previously recognized as a political party by Arkansas law. The IPA garnered 10.43% of the Arkansas votes in the 1992 presidential…
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