Supreme Court· 3/26/1974

Lubin v. Panish

Citations

415 U.S. 709
94 S. Ct. 1315
39 L. Ed. 2d 702
1974 U.S. LEXIS 117

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holding that a $701.60 filing fee is an unconstitutional burden on indigent candidate with no alternative mechanism to get his name on the ballot
holding that, absent alternative means of ballot access, states cannot require indigent candidates to pay filing fees
holding that the state must provide alternative to fee requirement for indigent candidates
holding that the state must provide alternative to fee requirement for indigent candidates
holding that a California statute requiring that political candidates pay a fixed filing fee was unconstitutional as applied to an indigent political candidate to the extent the statute failed to provide reasonable alternative means of ballot access
holding unconstitutional statute imposing substantial filing fee that \heavily burdened\ voter's rights because fee was not \reasonably necessary to the accomplishment of the State's legitimate election interests\

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Judges: Burger, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall, Powell, Blackmun, Rehnquist

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