LAROUCHE v. KEZER

Nos. 1577, 1578, Dockets 92-7263, 92-7309.

990 F.2d 36 (1993)

Lyndon H. LAROUCHE, Jr., Eugene McCarthy, Kevin Irwin, Virginia Irwin, Anthony Longo, Jabir Jawwaad, Timothy B. Brown, Laurence P. Nadel, and Hope Crescione, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. Pauline R. KEZER, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 31, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Margulies, Bridgeport, CT (Martha Stone, JoNel Newman, Connecticut Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Hartford, CT, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees.

Daniel R. Schaefer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, CT, (Richard Blumenthal, Atty. Gen. for the State of CT, Hartford, CT, of counsel), for defendant-appellee-cross-appellant.

Before: CARDAMONE, WINTER and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal questions the constitutionality of Connecticut's two ballot-access laws. One law, Conn.Gen.Stat. § 9-465(a) (1989) (the "media recognition" statute), directs the Connecticut Secretary of State to place on the state's presidential primary election ballot those candidates who are "generally and seriously recognized according to reports in the national or state news media." The other, Conn.Gen.Stat. §§ 9-465(b), 9-467...

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