Legal Opinion
Luse v. Wray
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided May 25, 1977No. 2-58644PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
UHLENHOPP, Justice.
This case essentially involves the validity of an election contest for a seat in the Iowa House of Representatives. It is not itself an election contest or an appeal from a contest, but it attempts, ultimately, to overturn the result of a contest. Nor is it a challenge to the validity of the original election.
Plaintiffs claim that the case involves only a declaratory judgment regarding interpretation and constitutionality of an election statute, but the case would present only an abstract question but for the underlying election contest; moreover, plaintiffs state in their…
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