United States Third Circuit

Denial of plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction in a challenge to section 2911 of the Pennsylvania election code, as applied to minor political parties and their candidates, is affirmed where plaintiffs did not demonstrate that the method chosen by the state to accomplish the interests of avoiding ballot clutter and ensuring viable candidates violated their equal protection rights, and their associational rights were not violated by the law. (Amended opinion)

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/10/2006
• Decided 11/03/2006
• Published 11/03/2006

Judges

• Before SMITH, ALDISERT, and ROTH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Samuel C. Stretton, Esquire (Argued), West Chester, PA, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., Esquire, Attorney General, Howard G. Hopkirk, Esquire (Argued), Senior Deputy Attorney General, John G. Knorr, III, Esquire, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Chief, Appellate Litigation Section, Office of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, for for Appellees.