Legal Opinion
State v. McDowell
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided June 24, 1947No. 141PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Richards, C. J.:
The relator, John Henry Lyons, a resident of New Castle County, Delaware, filed his petition for a peremptory writ of mandamus praying that the respondents, Harris B. McDowell, Jr., State Chairman of the Democratic Party of the State of Delaware, and Earl D. Willey, State Chairman of the Republican Party of the State of Delaware, be directed to refrain from and not to nominate, and to refrain from and not to forward or certify nominations made by them to the Governor of the State of Delaware, for appointment as members of the Department of Elections for New Castle County as…
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