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Shields v. Booles

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided May 5, 1931PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion op the 'Court bv

Judge Willis

Affirming.

B. F. Shields and W. W. Booles, both of Spencer county, were rival candidates in the primary election of August 3, 1929, for the Democratic nomination for State Senator in the Twentieth Senatorial District, composed of the counties of Spencer, Anderson, Franklin, and Mercer. Booles was awarded the certificate of nomination, and it does not appear that any contest of the nomination was filed. Immediately following the primary election, Shields sued Booles and his campaign chairman, Hanley Bohon, to recover damages in the snm of $25,000.

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2Cases cited62 opinions

  1. Story Parchment Co. v. Paterson Parchment Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Nixon v. HerndonSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  3. Allison v. ChandlerMichigan Supreme Court · 1863
  4. Wiley v. SinklerSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  5. Giles v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1903

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Stringer v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Kentucky Supreme Court · 2004
  2. Columbia Sussex Corp., Inc. v. HayCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1981
  3. In Re New Motor Vehicles Canadian Export Antitrust LitigationDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2004
  4. Sawyer v. BaileySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
  5. Kentucky Laborers District Council Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Hill & Knowlton, Inc.District Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1998

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