O'Keefe v. Burke

I believe that the plea to the jurisdiction rationae materiae was properly maintained by the district judge. It is~Hornbook law that all elections and matters relating to and affecting them belong to the political department of government and are, therefore, beyond the control of the judicial power “in the absence of special constitutional or statutory authorization”. Reid v. Brunot, 153 La. 490, 96 So. 43, 44, citing State v. Judge of Second Judicial District, 13 La.Ann. 89; State ex rel. Woodruff v. Police Jury, 41 La.Ann. 846, 6 So. 777; State ex rel. Rees v. Foster, 111 La. 1087, 36 So.…