DART v. BROWN

No. 82-3146.

717 F.2d 1491 (1983)

Henry T. DART and the Libertarian Party of Louisiana, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James H. BROWN, Secretary of State for the State of Louisiana, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry T. Dart, pro se.

Louis M. Jones, Joseph Giarrusso, Jr., Maureen J. Feran, Asst. Attys. Gen., Paul A. Eckert, Staff Atty., New Orleans, La., for State of La.

Ronald P. Nabonne, New Orleans, La., for Lombard.

Before TUTTLE, POLITZ and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, Henry T. Dart and the Libertarian Party of Louisiana, brought this suit seeking both injunctive relief and a declaration that certain sections of the Louisiana Election Code were unconstitutional. Finding that the Code sections in question, restricting the notation on the ballot of a candidate's affiliation with an "unrecognized" political party, were constitutional, the district court, following a bench trial, granted judgment...

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