TIMMONS, ACTING DIRECTOR, RAMSEY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PROPERTY RECORDS AND REVENUE, et al.
v.
TWIN CITIES AREA NEW PARTY
United States Supreme Court.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued December 4, 1996.
Decided April 28, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Richard S. Slowes, Assistant Solicitor General of Minnesota, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Hubert H. Humphrey III, Attorney General, and Peter M. Ackerberg, Assistant Attorney General.
Laurence H. Tribe argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Joel Rogers, Sarah E. Siskind, Cornish F. Hitchcock, and David C. Vladeck.*
Rehnquist, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Ginsburg, J.,joined, and in Parts I and II of which Souter, J., joined, p. 370. Souter, J., filed a dissenting opinion, p. 382.
United States Supreme Court.
Chief Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.
Most States prohibit multiple-party, or "fusion," candidacies for elected office.1 The Minnesota laws challenged in this case prohibit a candidate from appearing on the ballot as the candidate of more than one party. Minn. Stat. §§ 204B.06, subd. 1(b), and 204B.04, subd. 2 (1994). We hold that such a prohibition does not violate...
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