Evans v. City of Detroit Election Commission

Plaintiff Robert L. Evans, intervening defendants Arthur J. Koscinski and John R. Murphy, and seven other candidates, including Raymond A. Kosinski and J. J. Murphy, were candidates for office of judge of recorder’s court of the city of Detroit in the August 6, 1968, primary election.

The intervening defendants, Arthur J. Koscinski and John R. Murphy, requested and were granted by the Detroit election commission a ballot designation of “Former Judge of Recorder’s Court” to distinguish them — because of the similarity of their names — from candidates Raymond A. Kosinski and J. J. Murphy.

On July…