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COUNCIL OF ALTERNATIVE POLITICAL PARTIES v. HOOKS

No. Civ.A. 97-1966(MLC).

999 F.Supp. 607 (1998)

COUNCIL OF ALTERNATIVE POLITICAL PARTIES, Green Party of New Jersey, Natural Law Party, NJ Conservative Party, New Jersey Libertarian Party, U.S. Taxpayers Party of New Jersey, Albert Larontonda, Gary Novosielski, Madelyn Hoffman, Jim Mohn, Mary Jo Christian, Jeffrey M. Levine, Tom Blomquist, Bernard Sobolewski, Sal Duscio, Anne Stommel, Leonard Flynn, John Paff, Michael Buoncristiano, Emerson Ellett, Charles Novins, and Lowell T. Patterson, Eugene R. Christian, Scott Jones, Richard S. Hester, Sr., Barbara Hester, Austin S. Lett, Arnold Kokans, Leina Levone, Shirley Boncheff, Christian Zegler, Victoria Spruiell, and Harley Tyler, Plaintiffs, v. Lonna R. HOOKS, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, in her official capacity, and her successors, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

April 8, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonora M. Lapidus, David R. Rocah, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, for Plaintiffs.

Peter Verniero, Attorney General of New Jersey, Jeffrey J. Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Donna Kelly, Senior Deputy Atty. Gen., Trenton, NJ, for Defendant.

OPINION

COOPER, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment. For the following reasons, the motion is granted.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Plaintiffs are New Jersey alternative political parties,1 candidates for elected state office and voters. They bring this ballot access action, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983...

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