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MATTER OF CONTEST OF GENERAL ELECTION

No. 48551.

264 N.W.2d 401 (1978)

In the Matter of the CONTEST OF GENERAL ELECTION Held ON NOVEMBER 8, 1977, for the Purpose of Electing a Council Member for the Third Ward of the City of St. Louis Park, County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota. Ethel GRAVES, contestant, Respondent, v. Keith MELAND, et al., contestees, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 24, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Miller and Paul D. Sabby, Minneapolis, for appellant.

DeParcq, Anderson, Perl, Hunegs & Rudquist, Richard G. Hunegs and Peter W. Riley, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc.

PETERSON, Justice.

Contestant, Ethel Graves, brought this action to contest the November 8, 1977, election of the incumbent, Keith Meland, to the office of councilman from the third ward in the city of St. Louis Park. The first phase of the matter was a recount of the ballots, in which the trial court determined that Meland had received a majority of the votes lawfully cast. There being no appeal from that determination, the judgment is to that extent affirmed. The...

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