Pendleton v. Jackson

BOLIN, Judge.

Louis C. Pendleton seeks to have the court declare him the Democratic nominee for Louisiana House of Representatives, District No. 2, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. In the alternative, he seeks to have the second Democratic primary election, held on December 18, 1971, wherein his opponent, Alphonse Jackson, Jr., was elected as the Democratic nominee for District No. 2, declared a nullity.

Defendant filed exceptions of prescription, jurisdiction ratione materiae, and a plea of unconstitutionality of the residency requirements of Article 3, Section 9 of the Louisiana Constitution. All of…