Love v. Foster

POLITZ, Chief Judge:

On remand from the Supreme Court and this court the trial judge, in light of a failure by the Louisiana Legislature to correct a constitutional defect in the state’s election code, set the dates for Louisiana’s future congressional elections. The plaintiffs appeal this order, contending that by striking down the provision for an October election for congressional office the Supreme Court vitiated the entire election code. They further contend that by operation of Louisiana law, the election system replaced by the present code automatically is revived. For the reasons…