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STRAKE v. COURT OF APPEALS

No. C-5004.

704 S.W.2d 746 (1986)

George W. STRAKE, Jr., Chairman of the State Republican Executive Committee, Relator, v. The COURT OF APPEALS FOR the FIRST SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

February 26, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Davis, Potter, Guinn, Minton, Roberts & Davis, Tyler, for relator.

Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Robert L. Lemens, Office of Atty. Gen., Austin, Robert L. Blumenthal, Tex Lezar, Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, Dallas, Ed Walsh, Round Rock, for respondent.

WALLACE, Justice.

Relator George W. Strake, Jr., Chairman of the State Republican Executive Committee refused to accept the application of Senator J.E. "Buster" Brown as a candidate in the 1986 Republican Primary for the Office of Attorney General of Texas for a four-year term commencing January 1, 1987. The Court of Appeals for the First Supreme Judicial District of Texas, in response to a petition filed by Senator Brown, issued a conditional writ of mandamus ordering...

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