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State Ex Rel. O'Connell v. Duncan

Montana Supreme Court

Decided March 21, 1939No. 7,938PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Morris

This is an original proceeding by Brian D. O’Connell, who was re-elected sheriff of Lewis and Clark county November 8, 1938, and who now seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent to issue to him a certificate showing his term of office to be for a period of four years, the respondent having issued to relator a certificate of election showing him to have been elected sheriff of Lewis and Clark county for a term of but two years.

By Chapter 93 of the 1937 Session Laws, the Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana provided that the question be submitted to the qualified electors of…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. United States v. ChambersSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. Davis v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  3. Eckerson v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1908
  4. Dillon v. GlossSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
  5. Cruse v. FischlMontana Supreme Court · 1918

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Idaho Mutual Benefit Ass'n v. RobisonIdaho Supreme Court · 1944
  2. Snow v. KeddingtonUtah Supreme Court · 1948
  3. State Ex Rel. Casey v. PauleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1974
  4. In Re Removal of ThaxtonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Haile v. FooteIdaho Supreme Court · 1965

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