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MARION CTY. BD. v. MARION CTY. ELECTION COM'N

594 S.W.2d 681 (1980)

MARION COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS et al., Plaintiffs, v. The MARION COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

February 20, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Graham, Kelly, Leiderman, Cameron, Kelly & Graham, P.C., Jasper, for plaintiffs.

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Kenneth R. Herrell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendants.

OPINION

HENRY, Justice.

Various issues of constitutional and statutory construction are involved in this appeal as of right.

The foremost question is the meaning of the phrase "next election occurring after the vacancy" as used in Article VII, Section 2 of the Constitution of Tennessee. The Chancellor held that this provision contemplated the regular August election. We concur in that holding for the reasons...

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