Bardacke v. Dunigan

OPINION

RIORDAN, Justice.

This action was commenced in the district court by plaintiff-appellee Paul G. Bardacke (Bardacke), a candidate for the Democratic nomination for State Attorney General, challenging defendant-appellant Thomas R. Dunigan’s (Dunigan) right to appear on the June primary election ballot for the same office.

On March 2,1982, Bardacke and Dunigan, along with one other candidate, filed statements of candidacy for convention designation, each seeking the nomination for State Attorney General by the Democratic party. No challenge was filed attacking the number or validity of the…