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SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY v. MARTIN

Civ. A. No. 71-H-1181.

345 F.Supp. 1132 (1972)

The SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY et al. v. Attorney General Crawford MARTIN and Mayor Louis Welch, Individually and in Their Representative Capacities.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

July 31, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Cohen, American Civil Liberties Union, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs.

W. O. Shultz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for defendant Atty. Gen. Crawford Martin.

Joseph G. Rollins, Senior Asst. City Atty., Houston, Tex., for defendant Louis Welch.

Before INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge, and SINGLETON and SEALS, District Judges.

OPINION

SINGLETON, District Judge:

Plaintiffs, as candidates for city office, brought this class action as representatives of all candidates or nominees for any public office in the State of Texas. This action is based on 42 U.S. C. § 1983; 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3), (4), 2201 and the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution.

Plaintiffs pursued an arduous course in running for office. Prior to filing this action to preserve their place...

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