JOYNER v. MOFFORD

No. 82-5552.

706 F.2d 1523 (1983)

Conrad JOYNER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rose MOFFORD, Secretary of State, State of Arizona; Robert K. Corbin, Attorney General, State of Arizona, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew M. Federhar, Bilby, Shoenhair, Warnock & Dolph, Tucson, Ariz., for plaintiff-appellee.

Russell A. Kolsrud, Asst. Atty. Gen., Phoenix, Ariz., for defendants-appellants.

Before GOODWIN and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and REED, District Judge.


SNEED, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a challenge by Joyner to a provision of the Arizona Constitution which forbids certain state officials from remaining in office if they run for an elected federal position before the final year of their state term. The case was brought by Joyner to enjoin its enforcement against him.1 The district court granted the relief Joyner sought and held that the Arizona provision is unconstitutional because...

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