United States Fifth Circuit

In a First Amendment challenge to the Texas Democratic Party's requirement that prospective presidential candidates support the party's presidential nominee, denial of a preliminary injunction is affirmed, where there is no free association right to have influence within a political party.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/24/2009
• Published 03/24/2009

Judges

• EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:, Before JONES, Chief Judge, and OWEN and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Donald J. McTigue (argued), McTigue Law Group, Columbus, OH, Joseph Andrew Turner, Law Office of Joseph A. Turner, Austin, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Chad Wilson Dunn (argued) and Kembel Scott Brazil, Brazil & Dunn, Houston, TX, for Texas Democratic Party and Boyd L. Richie., Kathlyn C. Wilson, General Litigation Div., Austin, TX, for Phil Wilson.