Legal Opinion
Cloud v. Schedler
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 3, 2014No. CA 14-1261PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
COOKS, Judge.
LThe plaintiff, Heather Miley Cloud, appeals the trial court’s judgment dismissing her petition to contest the election of the *832defendant, Bert Keith Campbell. Finding that the trial court erred as a matter of law, we reverse the dismissal of the petition and render judgment striking the illegal votes, declaring a tie between the candidates, and instructing the trial court to order a new election.
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ISSUES
We must decide whether the trial court erred in dismissing the petition contesting the election based upon its interpretation of Savage v. Edwards, 728 So.2d 428, affirmed, 98-2929…
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