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GIEPERT v. WINGERTER

No. 88-C-2175.

531 So.2d 754 (1988)

Melvin J. GIEPERT v. Lorain F. WINGERTER and Edwin A. Lombard Clerk of Criminal District Court and Secretary of Board of Election Supervisors.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 12, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Giepert, New Orleans, for applicant.

Martin Wingerter, New Orleans, for respondents.

COLE, Justice.

Melvin J. Giepert brought this action alleging Judge Lorain Wingerter is not eligible to seek reelection because he is beyond the mandatory retirement age for judges of 70 years set out in Article V, sec. 23 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974. The Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans rendered judgment for Giepert and ordered Wingerter's name removed from the list of candidates. The Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Fourth Circuit reversed...

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