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Fitzgerald v. Morlock

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided February 13, 1963No. 38,982PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Nelson, Justice.

This is an election contest arising out of the November 6, 1962, general election for state representative from the 12th legislative district in Scott County, Henry J. Morlock and John M. Fitzgerald being the candidates.

The official vote as attested by the county canvassing board totaled 4,367 for Morlock and 4,353 for Fitzgerald, establishing Morlock the winner by 14 votes. Fitzgerald served and filed notice of election contest on November 23, 1962. A recount of ballots was made and the inspectors appointed reported to the district court that contestant Fitzgerald had 4,296…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. In re the Senate of MinnesotaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1865
  2. Pennington v. HareSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
  3. State ex rel. Braley v. GaySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
  4. State ex rel. Attorney General v. Southern Minnesota RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1871
  5. Brisbin v. ClearySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1879

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Bell v. GannawaySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
  2. Scheibel v. PavlakSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
  3. Ganske v. Independent School District No. 84Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
  4. In Re Contest of General ElectionSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2009
  5. Sperl v. WegwerthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1963

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