N.H. RIGHT TO LIFE POLITICAL ACTION COM. v. GARDNER

No. 96-1744.

99 F.3d 8 (1996)

NEW HAMPSHIRE RIGHT TO LIFE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. William M. GARDNER, in his official capacity as the Secretary of State of the State of New Hampshire, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bopp, Jr. with whom Paul R. Scholle, Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, Terre Haute, IN, and Stephen F. Queeney, Amherst, NH, were on brief, for appellant.

Lucy C. Hodder, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Martin P. Honigberg, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Concord, NH, was on brief, for appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, ALDRICH and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

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