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BROCKINGTON v. RHODES

No. 31.

396 U.S. 41 (1969)

BROCKINGTON v. RHODES, GOVERNOR OF OHIO, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 24, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin B. Sheerer argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs was Ralph Rudd.

Robert D. Macklin, Assistant Attorney General of Ohio, argued the cause for appellees. On the brief were Paul W. Brown, Attorney General, Charles S. Lopeman, First Assistant Attorney General, and Julius J. Nemeth, Assistant Attorney General. John T. Corrigan and John L. Dowling filed a brief for appellees Cipollone et al.

PER CURIAM.

The appellant sought to run in the November 1968 election as an independent candidate for the United States House of Representatives from the Twenty-first Congressional District of Ohio. His nominating petition bore the signatures of 899 voters in the congressional district, a little over 1% of those in the district who had voted in the gubernatorial contest at the last election. The Board of Elections ruled that the appellant's petition was insufficient...

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