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JOHNSON v. COMMISSION ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES

Civil Action No. 15-1580 (RMC).

GARY E. JOHNSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. COMMISSION ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

August 5, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GARY E. JOHNSON, Plaintiff, represented by Bruce Fein , FEIN & DEVALLE PLLC.

GARY JOHNSON 2012, INC., Plaintiff, represented by Bruce Fein , FEIN & DEVALLE PLLC.

LIBERTARIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, INC., Plaintiff, represented by Bruce Fein , FEIN & DEVALLE PLLC.

JAMES P. GRAY, Plaintiff, represented by Bruce Fein , FEIN & DEVALLE PLLC.

GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES, Plaintiff, represented by Bruce Fein , FEIN & DEVALLE PLLC.

JILL STEIN, Plaintiff, represented by Bruce Fein , FEIN & DEVALLE PLLC.

JILL STEIN FOR PRESIDENT, Plaintiff, represented by Bruce Fein , FEIN & DEVALLE PLLC.

CHERI HONKALA, Plaintiff, represented by Bruce Fein , FEIN & DEVALLE PLLC.

COMMISSION ON PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES, Defendant, represented by Lewis Kleiman Loss , LOSS, JUDGE & WARD, LLP, Michael Seth Steinberg , LOSS, JUDGE & WARD, LLP & Uzoma Nkwonta , LOSS, JUDGE & WARD, LLP.

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, Defendant, represented by Charles H. Bell, Jr. , BELL, MCANDREWS & HILTACHK, L.L.P., pro hac vice & John R. Phillippe, Jr. , REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, Defendant, represented by Robert Felix Bauer , PERKINS COIE LLP, Elisabeth C. Frost , PERKINS COIE LLP, Marc Erik Elias , PERKINS COIE LLP & Shylah R. Alfonso , PERKINS COIE, LLP, pro hac vice.

FRANK J. FAHRENKOPF, JR., Defendant, represented by Lewis Kleiman Loss , LOSS, JUDGE & WARD, LLP, Michael Seth Steinberg , LOSS, JUDGE & WARD, LLP & Uzoma Nkwonta , LOSS, JUDGE & WARD, LLP.

MICHAEL D. MCCURRY, Defendant, represented by Lewis Kleiman Loss , LOSS, JUDGE & WARD, LLP, Michael Seth Steinberg , LOSS, JUDGE & WARD, LLP & Uzoma Nkwonta , LOSS, JUDGE & WARD, LLP.

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, II, Defendant, represented by Robert Felix Bauer , PERKINS COIE LLP, Elisabeth C. Frost , PERKINS COIE LLP, Marc Erik Elias , PERKINS COIE LLP & Shylah R. Alfonso , PERKINS COIE, LLP, pro hac vice.

WILLARD MITT ROMNEY, Defendant, represented by James Mahoney Burnham , JONES DAY & Noel John Francisco , JONES DAY.

OPINION

The Libertarian and Green Parties and their political candidates sought, and failed to receive, invitations to privately-sponsored presidential debates in 2012. They now seek invitations to this year's presidential debates, claiming that the rules that bar their participation violate antitrust...

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