United States First Circuit

Plaintiff's suit, requiring that he be placed on the ballot as an independent candidate in the race for a state senate seat in Massachusetts, is dismissed where the state's interests outweigh the infringement on plaintiff's rights.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/08/2004
• Published 10/08/2004

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard P. McClure, pro se.


• For Appellees:
  
• James J. Arguin, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, was on brief, for appellee William F. Galvin., Brian W. Riley, Lauren F. Goldberg, and Kopelman and Paige, P.C. on brief, for appellee Elizabeth L. Delaney.