Legal Opinion
Tyler v. Cook
Texas Supreme Court
Decided October 13, 1978No. B-7910PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORIGINAL MANDAMUS
BARROW, Justice.
This is a petition for writ of mandamus brought by the duly nominated and certified candidates of the Democratic Party for the offices of county judge, county-district clerk, and precinct No. 2 commissioner of La Salle County to direct the present county clerk to exclude the names of three independent candidates for the same offices from the ballot for the November general election.1 Relators urge that the applications filed by these independent candidates do not comply with the Texas Election Code2 in that substantially all of the required signatures were…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Storer v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- American Party of Texas v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Thiel v. Harris County Democratic Executive CommitteeTexas Supreme Court · 1976
- La Raza Unida Party v. DeanTexas Supreme Court · 1970
3Cited by5 opinions
- Hoot v. Brewer, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1982
- Sparks v. Busby, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1982
- Hoot v. Brewer, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1982
- Hoot v. Brewer, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1982
- Sparks v. Busby, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)1982