Nader v. Connor

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                                                             United States Court of Appeals
                                                                      Fifth Circuit
                                                                     F I L E D
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                          FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT                      October 6, 2004

                                                                  Charles R. Fulbruge III
                                No. 04-50901                              Clerk


   RALPH NADER, Candidate for President of the United States;
     STEPHEN E. SMAHA; SUZANNE RUSSO; and LUCRETIA KRAUSE,

                                                    Plaintiffs-Appellants,

                                   versus


                         GEOFFREY S. CONNOR,
              Secretary of State for the State of Texas,

                                                      Defendant-Appellee.


             Appeal from the United States District Court
                   for the Western District of Texas



Before DeMOSS, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

     Plaintiffs-Appellants Ralph Nader, et al., appeal from the

district   court’s   decision    denying    their   First   and    Fourteenth

Amendment constitutional challenges to the Texas Election Code,

specifically sections 192.32(a), 192.32(b)(3)(A), 192.32(c), and

192.32(d).     Essentially for the reasons as well stated in the

district court’s memorandum opinion, Nader v. Connor, --- F. Supp.

2d ---, 2004 WL 2002248 (W.D. Tex. Sept. 1, 2004), we AFFIRM that

court’s final judgment declaring the challenged Texas Election Code

provisions legal and constitutional.
AFFIRMED.




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