RIDGEWAY v. RAY

No. 88-204.

760 S.W.2d 848 (1988)

297 Ark. 195

Gene RIDGEWAY, Appellant, v. Donald RAY, Steve Scudder, Jackson County Democratic Party, its Officers, Fred Pickens, Secretary, Sam Wheeler, Chairman, Jackson County Republican Party, its Officers, Billy Ivy, Secretary, and Paul Clayton, Chairman, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Peacock and Robert Meurer, Searcy, for appellant.

Sam Boyce, Newport, for appellees.


HOLT, Chief Justice.

On January 26, 1988, appellant Gene Ridgeway filed a petition requesting that separate appellees Donald Ray and Steve Scudder be declared ineligible as candidates for their respective party primaries because they failed to file the requisite political practice pledges "in person" before the county clerk in violation of Ark.Code Ann. § 7-6-102 (1987). Ridgeway further requested a writ of prohibition prohibiting the separate appellee political...

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