Coles v. Robb

Appellant in the primary election of May, 1950, was elected by the Democratic voters of Hillsborough County, Florida, to the State Democratic Executive Committee, which is an organic and integral functioning part of the Democratic Party of Florida. In qualifying for- this office he took the required oath in which he solemnly pledged himself to vote for all nominees of his party including national, state and county, whose names appear on the ballot for the general election of that year (1950).' This he did.

As a committeeman and one of those into whose hands the destiny of the Democratic party…