Washington State Republican Party v. State of Washington

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WASHINGTON STATE REPUBLICAN 

PARTY; CHRISTOPHER VANCE;

BERTABELLE HUBKA; STEVE

NEIGHBORS; BRENT BOGER; MARCY

COLLINS; MICHAEL YOUNG,

Plaintiffs-Appellees, and

WASHINGTON STATE DEMOCRATIC

CENTRAL COMMITTEE; PAUL Nos. 05-35774

BERENDT; LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF 05-35780

WASHINGTON STATE; RUTH  D.C. No.

BENNETT; J.S. MILLS, CV-05-00927-TSZ

Plaintiffs-Intervenors- ORDER Appellees, v.

STATE OF WASHINGTON; ROB

MCKENNA, Attorney General; SAM REED, Secretary of State;

WASHINGTON STATE GRANGE,

Defendants-Intervenors- Appellants.  On Remand from the United States Supreme Court

Filed October 2, 2008

Before: Dorothy W. Nelson, Pamela Ann Rymer and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.

13979 13980 WASHINGTON STATE REPUBLICAN v. WASHINGTON

ORDER

This case was remanded to us from the United States Supreme Court. See Wash. State Grange v. Wash. State Republican Party, 128 S. Ct. 1184 (2008). In light of the Supreme Court’s decision, we VACATE our opinion in Washington State Republican Party v. Washington,…