Legal Opinion
Roy v. Board of Supervisors of Elections
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 17, 1941No. 36321PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Justice.
Exercising the supervisory powers vested in us by Article 7, Section 2 of the Constitution of 1921, we issued a writ of certiorari herein directing the District Judge to transmit to this court the record of the proceedings complained of by the relators and further ordered that the judge and the respondents, Board of Supervisors of Elections of the Parish of Lafayette, James M. Gardiner, Registrar of Voters of the Parish -of Lafayette, and Gaston Hebert, Sheriff of the Parish of Lafayette, show cause why the relief prayed for by the relators in their petition for writs should…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Roudanez v. Mayor of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1877
- Pinder v. Board of Supervisors of ElectionLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1933
- Dubuisson v. Board of Sup'rs of ElectionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
- Town of Ponchatoula v. Police Jury of Parish of TangipahoaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
3Cited by5 opinions
- Bardwell v. Parish Council of ParishSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
- Waggoner v. Grant Parish Police JurySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
- Ponds v. TreenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
- Gossen v. Registrar of Voters, Parish of AcadiaLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1952
- State ex rel. Langridge v. HarrisLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962