Legal Opinion
Butts v. Bysiewicz
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided October 26, 2010No. SC 18663PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KATZ, J.
This certified public interest appeal raises the question of whether the Secretary of the State has discretion to place a candidate’s name on the ballot as a nominee of a political party when the candidate failed to deliver the certificate of the party’s endorsement to the Secretary of the State within the deadline prescribed under General Statutes § 9-388, 1 and, if not, whether the court can exercise its equitable authority to order the Secretary of the State to do so. The plaintiff, John W. Butts, appeals, upon the Chief Justice’s grant of certification pursuant to General…
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