LABOR & FARM PARTY v. ELECTIONS BOARD

No. 84-299-OA.

117 Wis.2d 351 (1984)

344 N.W.2d 177

LABOR & FARM PARTY, a political party recognized by the State of Wisconsin; William Osborne Hart, Michael Sack and James Henkel, Petitioners, v. ELECTIONS BOARD, State of Wisconsin, 1984 Presidential Preference Selection Committee, State of Wisconsin; Larry Smiley, Gayle Stangle, Fred A. Risser, Thomas Westgaard, Nathan S. Heffernan, Ody J. Fish, Rebecca Bancroft, Don Taylor, Gary J.N. Aamodt, and Matthew J. Flynn, in their official capacity as members of the 1984 Presidential Preference Selection Committee, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided February 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioners there was oral argument by Cheryl Rosen Weston, Madison.

For the respondents there was oral argument by Alan M. Lee, assistant attorney general.


PER CURIAM.

On February 13, 1984, the petitioners filed a petition asking this court to exercise its original jurisdiction and, among other things, issue a writ of mandamus requiring the respondents to place the name of William Osborne Hart on the ballot as the Labor and Farm Party's candidate for the office of president of the United States in the presidential preference election to be held April 3, 1984.

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