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McCARTHY v. NOEL

Civ. A. No. 76-0402.

420 F.Supp. 799 (1976)

Eugene J. McCARTHY et al. v. Philip NOEL, Governor of the State of Rhode Island, et al.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

September 24, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amato A. DeLuca, American Civil Liberties Union, Warwick, R. I., for plaintiffs.

William Brody, Asst. Atty. Gen., Providence, R. I., for defendants.

OPINION and ORDER

PETTINE, Chief Judge.

In this action, as in others recently brought in various federal courts around the country,1 Eugene McCarthy and four of his supporters and potential presidential electors challenge a state statute which, on its face and as applied, prevents the placement of his name on the November ballot as a candidate for President of the United States.

McCarthy is an announced, independent candidate...

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