Legal Opinion
Lee v. Nielsen
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 31, 1978No. 77-124-AppealPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKelleher, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the Superior Court granting the plaintiffs, two members-elect of the Charlestown Democratic Town Committee (the Committee), certain injunctive relief. The defendants, also members-elect of the Committee, are the incumbent officers. Edward Nielsen is the Committee Chairman, and Louise M. Rousseau is the Committee Secretary.
In June 1976, sixty persons, including plaintiffs and defendants, filed declarations of candidacy for the Charles-town Democratic Town Committee. All were endorsed by the Democratic Party, ran unopposed in the September primary,…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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