REPUBLICAN PARTY OF NEW MEXICO; Republican Party of Bernalillo County; Republican Party of Dona Ana County; New Mexico Turn Around; New Mexicans for Economic Recovery Pac; Harvey Yates; Rod Adair; Conrad James; Howard James Bohlander; Mark Veteto, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Gary K. KING, in his official capacity as New Mexico Attorney General; Kari E. Brandenburg; Janetta Hicks; Angela R. Pacheco, in their official capacities as District Attorneys, Defendants-Appellants. and
Dianna J. Duran, in her official capacity as New Mexico Secretary of State; Amy Orlando, in her official capacity as District Attorney, Defendants.
State of Vermont; State of Hawaii; State of Iowa; State of Montana; State of Rhode Island; State of West Virginia, Amici Curiae.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 18, 2013.
December 18, 2013.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Phillip Baca, Assistant Attorney General (Gary K. King, Attorney General, with him on the briefs) Office of the Attorney General, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellants.
Randy Elf, James Madison Center for Free Speech, Terre Haute, Indiana (James Bopp, Jr., James Madison Center for Free Speech, Terre Haute, IN, and Paul M. Kienzle III, Scott & Kienzle, P.A., Albuquerque, NM, with him on the brief) for Appellees.
William H. Sorrell, Attorney General of Vermont, and Eve Jacobs-Carnahan, Assistant Attorney General of Vermont, Montpelier, Vermont, David M. Louie, Attorney General of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, Steve Bullock, Attorney General of Montana, Helena, MT, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., West Virginia Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Charleston, WV, Tom Miller, Attorney General of Iowa, Des Moines, IA, and Peter F. Kilmartin, Attorney General, State of Rhode Island, Providence, RI, filed an Amici brief on behalf of Appellants.
Before TYMKOVICH, McKAY, and O'BRIEN, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.
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