GREENVILLE COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE v. GREENVILLE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION

No. 13-2170.

THE GREENVILLE COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, a/k/a The Greenville County Republican Executive Committee; WILLIAM MITCHELL, a/k/a Billy Mitchell, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and THE SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PARTY; BETTY S. POE, in her official capacity as the Chairman of the Greenville County Republican Party Executive Committee, Plaintiffs, v. GREENVILLE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION; GREENVILLE COUNTY BOARD OF REGISTRATION; BILLY WAY, JR., in his official capacity as the Chairman of the South Carolina State Election Commission, Defendants-Appellees, and WAYNE GRIFFIN; REGINALD GRIFFIN; BRETT A. BURSEY; ALAN OLSON; THE SOUTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENCE PARTY; THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONSTITUTION PARTY; THE PROGRESSIVE NETWORK EDUCATION FUND, INCORPORATED; THE COMMITTEE FOR A UNIFIED INDEPENDENT PARTY, INCORPORATED, d/b/a IndependentVoting.org; TERRY ALEXANDER, member of the Black Legislative Caucus of the South Carolina House of Representatives District 59; KARL B. ALLEN, member of the Black Legislative Caucus of the South Carolina House of Representatives District 25; JERRY N. GOVAN, JR., member of the Black Legislative Caucus of the South Carolina House of Representatives District 95; CHRIS HART, member of the Black Legislative Caucus of the South Carolina House of Representatives District 76; LEON HOWARD, member of the Black Legislative Caucus of the South Carolina House of Representatives District 76; JOSEPH JEFFERSON, JR., member of the Black Legislative Caucus of the South Carolina House of Representatives 102; JOHN RICHARD C. KING, member of the Black Legislative Caucus of the South Carolina House of Representatives District 49; DAVID J. MACK, III, member of the Black Legislative Caucus of the South Carolina House Representatives District 109; HAROLD MITCHELL, JR., member of the Black Legislative Caucus of the South Carolina House of Representatives District 31; JOSEPH NEAL, member of the Black Legislative Caucus of the South Carolina House of Representatives District 44; ANNE PARKS, member of the Black Legislative Caucus of the South Carolina House of Representatives District 12; RONNIE SABB, member of the Black Legislative Caucus of the South Carolina House of Representatives District 101; ROBERT WILLIAMS, member of the Black Legislative Caucus of the South Carolina House of Representatives District 62, Intervenor/Defendants-Appellees, and CITY OF GREENVILLE MUNICIPAL ELECTION COMMISSION, Defendant, and THE COLUMBIA TEA PARTY, INC., Intervenor/Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 17, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Samuel Darryl Harms, III , HARMS LAW FIRM, PA, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellants.

Harry M. Kresky , LAW OFFICE OF HARRY KRESKY, New York, New York; Andrew Lindemann , DAVIDSON & LINDEMANN, PA, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

ON BRIEF: Fletcher N. Smith, Jr. , Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellees Terry Alexander, Karl B. Allen, Wayne Griffin, Reginald Griffin, Brett A. Bursey, Committee for a Unified Independent Party, Incorporated, Chris Hart, Leon Howard, Joseph Jefferson, Jr., John Richard C. King, David J. Mack, III, Harold Mitchell, Jr., Joseph Neal, Alan Olson, Anne Parks, Progressive Network Education Fund, Incorporated, Ronnie Sabb, South Carolina Independence Party, South Carolina Constitution Party, Robert Williams, and Jerry N. Govan, Jr.

Affirmed in part and dismissed in part by unpublished per curiam opinion.


UNPUBLISHED

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

The Appellants — the Greenville County Republican Party Executive Committee (the "Committee") and William Mitchell — seek relief from the district court's rejection of their constitutional challenges...

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