O'connor v. State Of Nevada

27 F.3d 357 Marilyn O'CONNOR; Eleanor "Ellie" Waugh, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE OF NEVADA, Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General for the State of Nevada; and Cheryl A. Lau, Secretary of State for the State of Nevada, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-16803. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 10, 1994. Decided June 8, 1994. As Amended July 1, and July 12, 1994. Mark A. Hutchison, Morris Brignone & Pickering, Las Vegas, NV, Kevin J. Worthen, Provo, UT, for plaintiff-appellants. Kateri Cavin, Deputy Atty. Gen., Carson City, NV, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Before: NOONAN, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and DAVID A. EZRA, * District Judge. Opinion by Judge T.G. NELSON. T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge: 1 * OVERVIEW 2 Marilyn O'Connor and Eleanor Waugh appeal the district court's judgment in favor of the State of Nevada in their action challenging the constitutionality of Nev.Rev.Stat. Sec. 2.020(2), which requires candidates for the Nevada Supreme Court to be attorneys. Because O'Connor and Waugh are not attorneys, they were not permitted to run as candidates for the office of…