Legal Opinion
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Louisiana Attorney General Reports
Decided May 28, 1996Published
1Opinion of the Court
Dear Ms. Sutton:
We are in receipt of your request for an Attorney General's Opinion on behalf of Mary Thibaut Rives, who was recently elected as a member of the Republican Parish Executive Committee of St. Tammany Parish. You seek our opinion on the following questions:(1) Can the newly-elected members of the PEC ignore the provisions of the By-laws of that PEC, which were duly adopted and filed with the Clerk of Court pursuant to LSA-R.S. 18:444 E?(2) Can a person elected to a PEC under LSA-R.S. 18:444 take the oath of office prior to certification of their election results by the Secretary…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central CommitteeSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- State v. DarkSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
- Dastugue v. CohenLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1930
- Jory v. ArnetteLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
- State Ex Rel. Tuttle v. Republican State Central Committee of LouisianaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1939
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