Stanford v. Butler

W. T. Stanford and twenty-two others have filed in this Court an original application for write of mandamus against the Democratic Executive Committee of the State of Texas, and the members thereof, and others, to compel said Executive Committee to certify petitioners’ names to the County Chairman of the Democratic Party in each county in the State as candidates for the Democratic nomination for the position of Presidential Electors for the State of Texas.

The Supreme Court has jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus to require the party executive committee to place the name of an applicant…