Fontes
No Labels Party of Arizona v. Fontes
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
NO LABELS PARTY OF No. 24-563
ARIZONA,
D.C. No. 2:23-cv-02172-JJT Plaintiff - Appellee,
v. OPINION
ADRIAN FONTES, in his official capacity as the Secretary of State of Arizona,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona John Joseph Tuchi, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted January 13, 2025 San Francisco, California
Filed July 11, 2025
Before: Holly A. Thomas, Salvador Mendoza, Jr., and Anthony D. Johnstone, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Mendoza SUMMARY *
Elections / Arizona Law
The panel (1) reversed the district court’s grant of a permanent injunction in favor of No Labels Party of Arizona in No Labels’s suit alleging that Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-311, which requires the Arizona Secretary of State “to accept candidate filings” by eligible persons, burdened its free association rights in violation of the First Amendment; and (2) vacated the permanent injunction. No Labels confines its electoral pursuits to two positions: Vice President and…