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ASHWORTH v. FORTSON

Civ. A. No. C-76-861-A.

424 F.Supp. 1178 (1976)

David ASHWORTH, et al. v. Ben W. FORTSON, Jr., Secretary of State.

United States District Court, N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

October 21, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Al Leake pro se.

Don A. Langham, Timothy J. Sweeney, Michael J. Bowers, State of Georgia Dept. of Law, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant.

Before HILL, Circuit Judge, and HENDERSON and FREEMAN, District Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The American Party of Georgia and its individual candidates for the 1976 general election brought this action challenging the constitutional validity of statutory filing limitations imposed by the Georgia Election Code.1 Specifically, they seek to have the filing date for candidates of minor political organizations2 declared unconstitutional and its enforcement enjoined.3

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