BLANKENSHIP v. BLACKWELL

No. 04-4259.

429 F.3d 254 (2005)

Herman BLANKENSHIP, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. J. Kenneth BLACKWELL, Ohio Secretary of State, Defendant-Appellee, Benson A. Wolman, et al., Intervenors-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 16, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: Mark R. Brown, Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio, Michael P. Cassidy, Cassidy & Associates, Independence, Ohio, for Appellants. Arthur James Marziale, Jr., Office of the Attorney General of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, Andrew B. Clubok, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. Donald J. McTigue, Law Offices of Donald J. McTigue, Columbus, Ohio, for Intervenors.

Before: KEITH and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges; OBERDORFER, District Judge.


OPINION

BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-Appellants are five Ohio residents who served as members of a committee to qualify Ralph Nader and Peter Camejo (hereinafter, "Nader") as independent joint candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States on the Ohio ballot in the election of 2004. They appeal the dismissal of their claim for a declaratory judgment, in which they asked that Ohio's law requiring circulators of nominating petitions...

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