Legal Opinion
Socialist Workers Party v. Martin
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided July 31, 1972No. Civ. A. 71-H-1181PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SINGLETON, District Judge:
Plaintiffs, as candidates for city office, brought this class action as representatives of all candidates or nominees for any public office in the State of Texas. This action is based on 42 U.S. C. § 1983; 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3), (4), 2201 and the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution.
Plaintiffs pursued an arduous course in running for office. Prior to filing this action to preserve their place on the ballot as candidates for the municipal elections in the City of Houston, they filed Civil Action No. 71-H-462 attacking certain city charter…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Speiser v. RandallSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Stromberg v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Thomas v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Communist Party of Illinois v. OgilvieDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1972
- Socialist Workers Party v. OgilvieDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1972
- RHJ Medical Center, Inc. v. City of DuBoisDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2010
- The Socialist Workers Party v. Attorney General John L. Hill and Mayor Louie Welch, Individually and in Their Representative CapacitiesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Blawis v. BolinDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 1973
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