NEW ALLIANCE PARTY v. N.C. STATE BD. OF ELECTIONS

No. 88-553-CIV-5.

697 F.Supp. 904 (1988)

NEW ALLIANCE PARTY, Amy Freeman, and Bernard Obie, Plaintiffs, v. NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS; Alex Brock, Director of the State Board of Elections; and Jo Overton, Chair of the Durham County Board of Elections, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. North Carolina, Raleigh Division.

August 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edelstein and Payne, M. Travis Payne, Raleigh, N.C., for plaintiffs.

Norma S. Harrell, Asst. Atty. Gen., N.C. Dept. of Justice, Raleigh, N.C., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRITT, Chief Judge.

This action was instituted on 8 July 1988 by plaintiffs seeking injunctive relief and a declaration that North Carolina General Statutes § 163-98 is unconstitutional. Specifically, plaintiffs, Amy Freeman (Freeman) and Bernard Obie (Obie), seek injunctive relief so that they can be listed on the ballot in the general election on 8 November 1988 as New Alliance Party (NAP) candidates for the office of county commissioner...

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