Legal Opinion
Reese v. Dempsey
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided August 10, 1944No. 4863PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MABRY, Justice.
Informant, George L. Reese, Jr., a candidate in the 1944 Democratic primary for nomination to the office of Justice of the Supreme Court, has brought this suit against the State Canvassing Board, composed of the Governor, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and the Secretary of State, seeking a writ of mandamus requiring said Board to perform what informant alleges to be certain additional duties of said Board in connection with canvassing the returns from said primary election and certifying the results thereof. An alternative writ was issued and this comes on upon application…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- State ex rel. Hart v. Common CouncilSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- Fancher v. Board of CommissionersNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1921
- Attorney General v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- State ex rel. Clancy v. HallNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1917
- Metz v. State BankNebraska Supreme Court · 1878
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Montoya v. McManusNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1961
- Peyton v. NordNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1968
- Cobb v. State Canvassing BoardNew Mexico Supreme Court · 2006
- State Ex Rel. Clinton Realty Co. v. ScarboroughNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- State Ex Rel. Stratton v. Roswell Independent SchoolsNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1991
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