MURRAY v. NORBERG

Civ. A. No. 76-292.

423 F.Supp. 795 (1976)

James MURRAY et al. v. John H. NORBERG et al.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

December 7, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Murray, Pawtucket, R. I., for plaintiffs.

Milton Stanzler, Christopher Del Sesto, J. Peter Doherty, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen. of R. I., Providence, R. I., for defendants.


OPINION

Before McENTEE, Circuit Judge, PETTINE, Chief Judge, and DAY, Senior District Judge.

PETTINE, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of Rhode Island General Laws § 44-30-2(e) (Supp.1975) on the ground that the statute violates First, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendment rights of independent candidates for elective office and of certain Rhode Island taxpayers.

Plaintiffs are James Murray and Pasquale Pacia, independent...

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