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CLINGMAN v. BEAVER

No. 04-37.

544 U.S. 581 (2005)

125 S.Ct. 2029

161 L.Ed.2d 920

CLINGMAN, SECRETARY, OKLAHOMA STATE ELECTION BOARD, ET AL. v. BEAVER ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 23, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wellon B. Poe, Jr., Assistant Attorney General of Oklahoma, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs was W. A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General.

James C. Linger argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.*

JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the opinion of the Court, except as to Part II-A.

Oklahoma has a semiclosed primary system, in which a political party may invite only its own party members and voters registered as Independents to vote in the party's primary. The Court of Appeals held that this system violates the right to freedom of association of the Libertarian Party of Oklahoma (LPO) and several Oklahomans who are registered members of the Republican and Democratic Parties...

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