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LENDALL v. JERNIGAN

No. LR-76-C-309.

424 F.Supp. 951 (1977)

Jim LENDALL, Plaintiff, v. George O. JERNIGAN, Jr., Individually and as Secretary of State of the State of Arkansas, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Arkansas, W. D.

January 5, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Lendall, pro se.

Jim Guy Tucker, Atty. Gen., Lonnie A. Powers, Deputy Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

EISELE, Chief Judge.

This is the third in a series of attacks by the plaintiff upon the laws of the State of Arkansas establishing a filing deadline and petition requirements for persons seeking to run as independent candidates in general elections.

The first suit was filed on October 7, 1974. It challenged the law, in effect at that time, which required the filing of a pledge and also of petitions (signed by not less than 15...

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