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ROBERTS v. MYERS

489 P.2d 1148 (1971)

Frank ROBERTS, Petitioner, v. Clay MYERS, Secretary of State of the State of Oregon, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided October 29, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton A. Winkel, Portland, argued the cause and submitted a brief for petitioner.

John W. Osburn, Sol. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Lee Johnson, Atty. Gen., Salem.

O'CONNELL, Chief Justice.

This is an original proceeding in mandamus. We issued an alternative writ requiring defendant to show cause why he should not accept plaintiff's filing of candidacy for a seat in the House of Representatives of the Oregon Legislative Assembly.

Defendant's refusal to accept the filing is based upon the ground that single member electoral units were established by defendant pursuant to our decision in Hovet v. Myers, 93 Or.Adv.Sh. 584...

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