McLAIN v. MEIER

No. 79-1115.

612 F.2d 349 (1979)

Harley McLAIN, Appellant, v. Ben MEIER, Secretary of State and Allen Olsen, Attorney General, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harley J. McLain, pro se briefs.

Allen I. Olson, Atty. Gen., and Owen L. Anderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Bismarck, N. D., on brief, for appellees.

Stephen L. Pevar, American Civil Liberties Union, Denver, Colo., on supplemental brief, for appellant.

Brian R. Bjella, Asst. Atty. Gen., Bismarck, N. D., on supplemental brief, for appellees.

Before LAY, HEANEY and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.


HENLEY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal in a civil rights case is from the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota. At the general election held in that State in November, 1978 plaintiff, Harley McLain, ran unsuccessfully for the position of Representative from North Dakota in the United States House of Representatives (Congressman). He ran as an independent candidate or as the candidate of a nonrecognized political party known as Chemical Farming...

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