MATHERS v. MORRIS

Nos. 81-1363, 81-1393.

649 F.2d 280 (1981)

Thomas P. MATHERS; E. Christine Fishbeck; Libertarian Party of Maryland, Appellees, v. Willard A. MORRIS, in his official capacity as State Administrator of the Election Laws, State Administrative Board of Election Laws; Theodore N. Clark, in his official capacity as Chairman of the State Administrative Board of Election Laws; James W. Johnson, in his official capacity as Vice-Chairman of the State Administrative Board of Election Laws; Reginald A. Asplen, in his official capacity as a member of the State Administrative Board of Election Laws; Karen Lancaster, in her official capacity as a member of the State Administrative Board of Election Laws; Sylvia Raphael, in her official capacity as a member of the State Administrative Board of Election Laws; State Administrative Board of Election Laws, Appellants. Thomas P. MATHERS, et al., Appellants, v. Willard A. MORRIS, in his official capacity as State Administrator of the Election Laws, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred L. Scanlan, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore, Md. (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellants.

Robert J. Booze, Kensington, Md. (Stuart R. Blatt, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, and RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The Maryland State Administrator of Election Laws and the State Administrative Board of Election Laws appeal from a decree of the district court granting access to the ballot for the special general election to the United States Congress in the Fifth Congressional District to be held on May 19, 1981, to Thomas P. Mathers, the nominee of the Libertarian Party of Maryland, provided that he satisfied the signature requirements for nomination by petition on...

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