Gracey v. Grosse Pointe Farms Clerk

Paul Gracey, plaintiff and counter-defendant, filed a motion for stay of an October 17, 1989, order of the Wayne County Circuit Court which certified the results of a court ordered recast or reballoting of absentee votes in the primary election for municipal judge of the City of Grosse Pointe Farms. In consequence of that order, intervening defendant and counter-plaintiff Eugene Casazza became the second nominee, along with the incumbent, Matthew Rumora, to be listed on the ballot in the general election. Having previously granted the stay, we reverse and order mandamus.

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