Legal Opinion
in Re James A. Baker
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided February 25, 2010No. 01-10-00022-CVPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MICHAEL MASSENGALE, Justice.
Relator James A. Baker filed this original proceeding, seeking to have the name of a Republican candidate for judicial office removed from the primary election ballot. We dismissed the petition for writ of mandamus for want of jurisdiction. We now substitute this opinion for our prior memo randum opinion, explaining our conclusion that Baker has failed to demonstrate his standing to bring this original proceeding.
Procedural Background
On January 15, 2010, James A. Baker filed a petition for writ of mandamus, requesting that this Court direct Jared R.…
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