Legal Opinion
Derus v. Higgins
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided October 9, 1996No. C8-96-1993PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KEITH, Chief Justice and COYNE, Justice.
John Derus, an unsuccessful candidate in the September 10, 1996 primary election for nomination as the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party’s candidate in the general election to the Minnesota Senate, District 58, has filed a verified notice of an election contest in Hennepin County District Court. See Minn. Stat. § 209.02 (1994). We dismiss the notice of contest.
Summarily, Derus asserts that the election was tainted when the Minneapolis Star-Tribune newspaper erroneously printed his photograph under a headline concerning charity fraud. More…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Hawley v. WallaceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
- State Ex Rel. 25 Voters v. SelvigSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
- Scheibel v. PavlakSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
- Phillips v. EricsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1957
- Moe v. AlsopSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1970
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Derus v. HigginsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1996