LAWRENCE v. BLACKWELL

Nos. 04-4022, 04-4150.

430 F.3d 368 (2005)

David LAWRENCE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. J. Kenneth BLACKWELL, Secretary, State of Ohio, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 29, 2005.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert B. Newman, Newman & Meeks Co., LPA, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellants. David Todd Stevenson, Hamilton County Prosecuting Office, Cincinnati, Ohio, Damian W. Sikora, Office of the Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Robert B. Newman, Stephen R. Felson, Lisa T. Meeks, Newman & Meeks Co., LPA, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellants. David Todd Stevenson, W. Pete Heile, Hamilton County Prosecuting Office, Cincinnati, Ohio, Damian W. Sikora, Richard N. Coglianese, Office of the Attorney General, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: COLE, ROGERS, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs challenge an Ohio election statute which requires independent congressional candidates to file a statement of candidacy and nominating petition with a minimum number of signatures by the day before the primary election. The district court denied injunctive relief and granted Defendants' motions to dismiss. Plaintiffs argue on appeal that the district court erred because...

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