Legal Opinion
Mahoney v. Board of Supervisors of Elections
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 7, 1954No. [Nos. 57-58, October Term, 1954 (Adv.).]PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDelaplaine, J.
At the primary election held in Maryland on June 28, 1954, Harry Clifton Byrd and George P. Mahoney were the candidates for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Maryland. The official canvass gave Byrd 80 votes and Mahoney 72 votes for nomination by the Democratic State Convention.
The Maryland Election Law provides that every candidate for the nomination for a State office, that is to say, an office filled by the vote of all the registered voters of the State of Maryland, shall be nominated by State Convention, the delegates to which shall be elected by the direct vote of the registered…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- George's Creek Coal & Iron Co. v. County CommissionersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1883
- Kendall v. RogersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1943
- Pressman v. ElginCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1947
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