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COOL MOOSE PARTY v. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Nos. 98-1874, 98-1875.

183 F.3d 80 (1999)

The COOL MOOSE PARTY, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 25, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Healey, Jr., for The Cool Moose Party and for himself, individually.

Thomas A. Palombo, Special Assistant Attorney General and Katherine A. Merolla, with whom Robert E. Craven was on brief for the State of Rhode Island, the Secretary of State for the State of Rhode Island, and The Rhode Island Board of Elections.

Before STAHL, Circuit Judge, MAGILL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

In September 1996, the Cool Moose Party ("CMP"), a Rhode Island political party, and Robert J. Healey, Jr. individually and in his capacity as CMP's chairperson (referred to collectively herein as "CMP"), filed suit in federal district court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from various provisions of Rhode Island's primary election laws, R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 17-15-1 to 17-15-44. After the parties...

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