Legal Opinion
New Hampshire Bar Ass'n v. LaBelle
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided October 4, 1968No. 5856PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKenison, C. J.
The questions presented in this case are whether a layman is a qualified candidate to run for the office of county attorney and, if not, whether the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to order the Secretary of State to remove his name from the November 1968 general election ballot.
The principal facts are not in dispute. The defendant, LaBelle, was the successful candidate in the primary for the office of county attorney for Strafford County on the Democratic ticket. The defendant is not an attorney. The plaintiff, New Hampshire *185Bar Association, by its Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Opinion of the Justices to the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
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