SEARS v. BAYOUD

No. C-9506.

786 S.W.2d 248 (1990)

Ross SEARS, Relator, v. George BAYOUD, Secretary of State of the State of Texas, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

February 14, 1990.


OPINION

GONZALEZ, Justice.

This is an election mandamus. The issue is whether the requirement in article V, section 2 of the Texas Constitution that a candidate for the supreme court be a lawyer for at least ten years must be satisfied by the day of the general election or by the time service in office begins.

Relator Ross Sears, a candidate in the Democratic primary for Justice, Place 2, Supreme Court of Texas, filed this petition for writ of mandamus...

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