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McARTHUR v. FIRESTONE

No. 86-5045.

817 F.2d 1548 (1987)

Harvey K. McARTHUR, Patrick O'Reilly, Miami Socialist Workers' 1985 Campaign, J. Doe, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, R. Roe, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, S. Soe, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. George FIRESTONE, individually and as Secretary of State, State of Florida, Dorothy W. Glisson, individually and as Deputy Secretary of Elections, Alison Kennedy, Sylvia Boothby, Carol B. Chira, Eugene A. Crist, Dr. Robert Huckshorn, Dr. Anne E. Kelly and Isaac Withers, individually and as members of Florida Elections Commission, and Matty Hirai, individually and as City Clerk of City of Miami, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen T. Maher, University of Miami, School of Law, Coral Gables, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

George L. Waas, Dept. of State, Div. of Elections, Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants-appellees, inclusive except Matty Hirai.

John J. Copelan, Jr., Deputy City Atty., City of Miami Law Dept., Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellee, Matty Hirai.

Before TJOFLAT and HILL, Circuit Judges, and LYNNE, Senior District Judge.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs in this case, a minor political party's candidate, supporters, and others, seek to enjoin enforcement of Florida's election campaign disclosure law as applied to them in Miami's nonpartisan mayoral race on the ground that it violates their first amendment rights. The district court denied the plaintiffs' motion for a temporary restraining order and subsequently dismissed the entire complaint as moot. The plaintiffs appeal from...

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