Tyler v. Shackleford

Otis H. Turner, Justice.

This appeal is from a decision of the Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fifth Division, denying the petitioner’s challenge to the certification of Judge John C. Earl as a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for election as chancellor. The action filed was a petition for writ of mandamus to be directed to Lottie Shackleford, Chairperson of the Democratic Party of Arkansas, and Lloyd Johnson, Secretary of the Democratic Party of Arkansas. The petition was subsequently amended, naming Judge Earl as a party defendant and seeking a declaratory judgment that he was not…