LIBERTARIAN PARTY v. DARDENNE

No. 09-30307.

595 F.3d 215 (2010)

LIBERTARIAN PARTY; Libertarian Party of Louisiana; Bob Barr; Wayne Root; Socialist Party USA; Brian Moore, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jay DARDENNE, In His Official Capacity as Louisiana Secretary of State, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Brown (argued), Capital University, Columbus, OH, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Celia Rhea Cangelosi (argued), Baton Rouge, LA, for Dardenne.

Before STEWART, DENNIS and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.


HAYNES, Circuit Judge:

Appellants—the Libertarian Party, the Socialist Party, and their candidates—appeal the district court's dismissal of their complaint as moot, and the district court's denial of their request for fees under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure ("Rule") 4(d). Finding no reversible error, we AFFIRM.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Appellants were excluded from Louisiana's 2008 presidential ballot because they failed...

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