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DOBBINS v. CROWELL

577 S.W.2d 190 (1979)

George L. DOBBINS, Jr., Larry Garrett, Stanley Jeffries, Chester Robinson and Tommy Tabor, Appellants, v. Gentry CROWELL, Secretary of State of the State of Tennessee, Ray Blanton, Governor of the State of Tennessee, William M. Leech, Jr., Attorney General of the State of Tennessee, David Collins, Coordinator of Elections of the State of Tennessee, James E. Harpster, Jack C. Seaton, Tommy Powell, Richard Holcomb, and Lytle Landers, Commissioners of the State Board of Elections, Kathryn I. Bowers, Thomas Avery, Carl Moore, James Smith, Anne Weldon, Commissioners of Election of Shelby County, Tenn., Edward Davis, and the County Committee of the Democratic Party of Shelby County, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Walker, Charles T. Tuggle, Jr., Stephen C. Morton, Memphis, for appellants; Heiskell, Donelson, Adams, Williams & Kirsch, Memphis, of counsel.

Herman Morris, Jr., Thomas M. Daniel, Memphis, for appellee Edward Davis; Ratner, Sugarmon, Lucas & Henderson, Memphis, of counsel.

William W. Hunt, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellees Crowell, Blanton, Leech, Collins, Harpster, Seaton, Powell, Holcomb and Landers; William Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Nashville, of counsel.

Philip G. Kaminsky, Asst. Shelby County Atty., Memphis, for appellees Bowers, Avery, Moore, Smith and Weldon.

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

This dispute grows out of the 1978 election of the appellee, Edward Davis, to the office of State Senator from Senate District 33 which is in Shelby County. Mr. Davis ran as the nominee of the Democratic party and appellant, George L. Dobbins, Jr., stood for the same office as nominee of the Republican party. Mr. Dobbins and the other plaintiffs filed this suit to enjoin State and county election officials from listing appellee, Edward...

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