Legal Opinion

Merritt v. Hathorn

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided December 23, 1988No. 20765-CAPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FRED W. JONES, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing plaintiffs’ suit asking that the certification of a recall petition be set aside and that the recall election be cancelled. Plaintiffs argue the trial judge erred in the following respects:

1) The trial court erred, as a matter of law, by applying a rule of liberal construction to the provisions of La.R.S. 18:1300.1 et seq.

2) The trial court erred, as a matter of law, by counting the signatures which, on the face of the petition, did not bear “dates” or “addresses.”

3) The trial court erred, as a matter of law, in counting…

2Cases cited11 opinions

Escoe v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
Mister Ralpho v. J. Raymond Bell, Chairman, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
Sanders v. Dept. of Health & Human ResourcesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
United States v. St. Regis Paper CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
Frederic P. Holbrook, Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Estate of Mitchell H. Hewitt, Bunkrupt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960

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3Cited by2 opinions

Cowan v. EnsmingerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
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