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SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY v. SECRETARY OF STATE

Docket No. 65466, (Calendar No. 11).

412 Mich. 571 (1982)

317 N.W.2d 1

SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY v. SECRETARY OF STATE

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided March 1, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reosti & Papakhian and Margaret Winter for plaintiffs.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Jann Ryan Baugh and Gary P. Gordon, Assistants Attorney General, for defendant.

Amicus Curiae:

Maurice Kelman for Metropolitan Detroit Branch, American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan.

FITZGERALD, J.

This is an appeal from a circuit court order granting defendant's motion for accelerated judgment on the ground of res judicata. Plaintiffs'1 complaint presented both federal and state constitutional challenges to the statute by which candidates for political office qualify for the general election ballot.

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