STEIN v. ALABAMA SECRETARY OF STATE

No. 13-15556.

774 F.3d 689 (2014)

Jill STEIN, Alabama Green Party, Robert Collins, Constitution Party of Alabama, Joshua Cassity, Steven Kneussle, Libertarian Party of Alabama, Mark Bodenhausen, Vicki Kirkland, Gary Johnson, Governor, the presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Matthew Hellinger, Plaintiff, v. ALABAMA SECRETARY OF STATE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 16, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oliver B. Hall , Washington, DC, Gary Sinawski , Gary Sinawski , Attorney at Law, Brooklyn, N.Y., Daniel E. Johnson , Korey Cotter Heather & Richardson, Chicago, IL, Richard J. Whitney , Law Offices of Richard J. Whitney, Murphysboro, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Andrew Lynn Brasher , James W. Davis , Misty Shawn Fairbanks Messick , Luther J. Strange, III , Alabama Attorney General's Office, Montgomery, AL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before HULL, MARCUS, and DUBINA, Circuit Judges.


In this ballot access case, we consider whether the district court erred in granting summary judgment to the Alabama Secretary of State on the Plaintiffs' claim, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, that Alabama's ballot access statute violates their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. After reviewing the record and having the benefit of oral...

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