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Gill v. State of Rhode Island

District Court, D. Rhode Island

Decided July 12, 1996No. CA 94-0331BPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FRANCIS J. BOYLE, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiffs have filed a blunderbuss constitutional challenge to the election laws of the State of Rhode Island. For the following reasons the laws are found to be constitutional.

I. BACKGROUND:

Plaintiffs ran for various public offices in the 1992 Rhode Island general election as “independent” or “unaffiliated” candidates under a collective platform they dubbed Reform ’92. Joseph Devine ran for Governor, Anthony Almonte ran for Attorney General, Joseph Carlevale ran for Secretary of State, Robert Plante ran for Senator in the 19th District and…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Anderson v. CelebrezzeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Williams v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Burdick v. TakushiSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  4. Storer v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Bullock v. CarterSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Pinnell v. Board of County CommissionersNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1999
  2. Green Party of CT v. GarfieldDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2008
  3. Block v. MollisDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 2009
  4. Cool Moose Party v. Rhode IslandDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1998
  5. Libertarian Party of Ohio v. WilhemDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 2020

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