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GREEN PARTY OF TENNESSEE v. HARGETT

Nos. 13-5975, 13-6280.

767 F.3d 533 (2014)

GREEN PARTY OF TENNESSEE; Constitution Party of Tennessee, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Tre HARGETT, in his official capacity as Tennessee Secretary of State; Mark Goins, in his official capacity as Coordinator of Elections for the State of Tennessee, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 22, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Janet M. Kleinfelter , Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. Alan P. Woodruff , Gray, Tennessee, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Janet M. Kleinfelter , Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellants. Alan P. Woodruff , Gray, Tennessee, for Appellees.

Before: COLE, Chief Judge; COOK and WHITE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

COLE, Chief Judge.

The Green Party of Tennessee and the Constitution Party of Tennessee seek to appear on Tennessee's general election ballots as minor political parties. In February 2011, they filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Tennessee state officials to challenge laws that they claim have unconstitutionally impeded their access to the ballot. One year later, the district court granted summary judgment to the plaintiffs; the defendants...

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