Legal Opinion
Ophelia Ford v. John S. Wilder
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 22, 2006No. 06-5238PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
ROGERS, J. (pp. 507-08), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
OPINION
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Defendants-Appellants appeal from the district court’s denial of their motion to dismiss and grant of declaratory relief to the Plaintiffs-Appellees. Ophelia Ford (“Ford”) ran as the Democratic candidate in a special election for a seat in the Tennessee Senate; she defeated her Republican opponent by a small margin, and he sought to void the election on the basis of alleged voting irregularities. Ford and several voters from her district (the “plaintiffs”)…
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