Legal Opinion
Eades v. Drake
Texas Supreme Court
Decided February 17, 1960No. A-7702PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Norvell
Eric Eades, Jr., a practicing attorney of Dallas County, Texas, possessing the constitutional qualifications required of 'a district judge, has petitioned this Court for a writ of mandamus ordering the Dallas County Democratic Executive Committee and its Chairman, Edward J. Drake, to place his name upon the ballot for the Democratic Party primaries as a candidate for the nomination for the office of District Judge of the 160th Judicial District of Dallas County, Texas. Our jurisdiction is based upon Article 1735-a, Vernon’s Ann. Texas Stats, and Article 13.14, Vernon’s Ann. Texas Election…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Jordan v. CrudgingtonTexas Supreme Court · 1950
- Douglass v. State ex rel. WrightIndiana Supreme Court · 1869
- Clark v. State, ex rel. GravesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1912
- Griebel v. State ex rel. NiezerIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
- Springer v. State Ex Rel. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1934
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3Cited by22 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Angelini v. HardbergerTexas Supreme Court · 1996
- Moore v. Edna Hospital DistrictCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1969
- Coggin v. Longview Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
- Draughn v. BrownTexas Supreme Court · 1983
- Taxpayers' Political Action Committee v. City of HoustonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1979
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