Legal Opinion
Senegal v. Obafunwa
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 27, 1999No. Nos. 99-1449, 99-1450PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EN BANC.*
These are consolidated election suits filed by Wallace L. Senegal, Jr., objecting to the qualifications of Christopher Kole Obafunwa for the elections of Council Member for District 3 of the Lafayette City-Parish Council and State Senator for District 24. From a judgment disqualifying the defendant from both elections, the defendant appeals.
The facts concerning the defendant’s candidacy and disqualifications are simple. On September 9, 1999, at 2:26 p.m., Mr. Obafunwa filed his Notice of Candidacy for the Office of State Senator of the 24 th Senatorial District. His Notice of…
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