State Ex Rel. East Cleveland Democratic Club, Inc. v. Bibb

Relators’ complaint in quo warranto seeks to oust certain alleged officers of the East Cleveland Democratic Club, Inc. from holding those positions or exercising those functions. Both relators and individual respondents assert title to those offices based on two separate elections held in September 1983. We find that both elections were illegal so neither relators nor respondents are entitled to those offices because of the results of those elections. However, we grant relators’ motion for summary judgment to the extent that at least two of the relators are entitled to their positions as…