United States Ninth Circuit

A city ballot regulation prohibiting a candidate's "status" designation is politically-neutral and is a reasonable means of preserving the city's important interest in ballot simplicity, and thus does not severely burden candidates' First Amendment rights.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/06/2002
• Decided 10/17/2002
• Published 10/17/2002

Judges

• Before HALL, SILVERMAN and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James H. Fosbinder,Fosbinder & Fosbinder, Kahului, HI, for the plaintiff-appellant., Rhonda M. Fosbinder, Fosbinder & Fosbinder, Kahului, HI, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for defendant-appellee Secretary of State., Pamela Smith-Steward, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for defendant-appellee Secretary of State., Andrea Lynn Hoch, Acting Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for defendant-appellee Secretary of State., Kenneth R. Williams, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for defendant-appellee Secretary of State., David M. Verhey, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for defendant-appellee Secretary of State., Marsha Jones Moutrie, City Attorney, Santa Monica, CA, for defendant-appellee City of Santa Monica., Lance S. Gams, Deputy City Attorney, Santa Monica, CA, for defendant-appellee City of Santa Monica.