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Sampson v. Buescher

Government Law, Elections, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a First Amendment challenge to a Colorado law requiring that any group of two or more persons that had accepted or made contributions or...

Johnson v. Bredesen

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Elections, Government Law
In a suit filed by Tennessee residents and convicted felons, claiming that the Tennessee's voter re-franchisement statute, which conditions...

Gonzalez v. Arizona

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law, Immigration Law
In an action raising the questions whether Arizona Proposition 200 violated the Voting Rights Act, was unconstitutional under the Fourteenth or...

Keys v. Bowen

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a petition for writ of mandate filed by what have come to be known as "Birthers," against the Secretary of State, President Obama, Vice President...

Florida Educ. Ass'n v. Florida Dep't of State

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Elections
In plaintiffs' challenge to Amendment 8, a legislatively proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution concerning class size, trial court's judgment...

Kirk v. Carpeneti

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a challenge to Alaska's merit selection system, brought by a group of individuals seeking to establish the principle that all participants in the...

Judge v. Quinn

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In an Illinois Senator's challenge to an election procedure for filling President Barack Obama's seat in the U.S. Senate, district court's entry of...

Van Allen v. Cuomo

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In an action challenging New York Election Law sections 5-210 and 5-304, which prevented plaintiff's enrollment in a party from becoming effective...

In re: Cao

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In an action brought by the national political party committee of the Republican Party claiming that certain provisions of the Federal Election...

Nader v. Cronin

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In an action by independent candidates for president, including Ralph Nader, who were denied access to Hawaii's ballot for the 2004 election, summary...