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MODERATE PARTY OF RHODE ISLAND v. LYNCH

CA. No. 10-265 S.

764 F.Supp.2d 373 (2011)

MODERATE PARTY OF RHODE ISLAND, Plaintiff, v. Patrick C. LYNCH, in his official capacity as Attorney General for the State of Rhode Island, and Frank Caprio, in his official capacity as General Treasurer for the State of Rhode Island, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

February 9, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark W. Freel, Esq., Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, Providence, RI, Attorneys for Plaintiffs.

Rebecca Tedford Partington, Esq., Michael W. Field, Esq., Office of the Attorney General, Providence, RI, Attorneys for Defendant.

OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM E. SMITH, District Judge.

In this case the fledgling Moderate Party of Rhode Island ("Moderate Party" or "MPRI") continues its efforts to nibble at the two-party structure of Rhode Island's election laws. But the Moderate Party's partial success in knocking down one of the two barriers to party recognition in Block v. Mollis, 618 F.Supp.2d 142 (D.R.I. 2009), does not repeat here for...

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