Wilty v. Jefferson Parish Democratic Executive Committee

I respectfully dissent. I am of the opinion that the majority fell into error when they applied a general rule to very exceptional facts. I do not entertain the slightest doubt that under ordinary circumstances Mrs. Vernon J. Wilty, Jr., could use that name to seek public office or to consummate any other legitimate objective that she was desirous of attaining. However, under the. special facts and exigencies of this particular case, I am of the opinion that the use of that name in an election contest, in opposition to her husband, Vernon J. Wilty, Jr.,1 constitutes the practice of deception…