Alvin Canton and M. Juancito Shackleton v. Henrita Todman, Supervisor of Elections

OPINION OF THE COURT

This is an appeal by the defendant, the Supervisor of Elections of the Virgin Islands, from an order of the District Court of the Virgin Islands, entered October 1, 1966, directing her (a) to accept and file the plaintiffs’ petitions for nomination as Republican candidates for the Legislature at the primary election of 1966, (b) to declare that there shall not be a party primary with respect to the Republican Party nominations, and (c) to declare the 15 candidates, including the plaintiffs, whose nomination petitions had been filed with her, to be nominated by the…