Legal Opinion
Dobbins v. Crowell
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 12, 1979PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BROCK, Justice.
This dispute grows out of the 1978 election of the appellee, Edward Davis, to the office of State Senator from Senate District 33 which is in Shelby County. Mr. Davis ran as the nominee of the Democratic party and appellant, George L. Dobbins, Jr., stood for the same office as nominee of the Republican party. Mr. Dobbins and the other plaintiffs filed this suit to enjoin State and county election officials from listing appel-lee, Edward Davis, as the Democratic nominee on the ballot for the November 7, 1978, general election and from taking any other steps which would…
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- In re MetzenbaumCuyahoga County Common Pleas Court · 1970
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