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DAWKINS v. MEYER

No. D-2032.

825 S.W.2d 444 (1992)

Pattilou DAWKINS, Relator, v. Fred MEYER, as State Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Overruled April 1, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Mozolo, Wolf Puckett, Harlow Sprouse, Amarillo, for relator.

David Crawford, Amarillo, Fred Meyer, John W. Tunnell, John Hannah, Jr., Austin, Tex Lezar, Houston, Ken Anderson, Dallas, Robert D. Daniel, Houston, Bonnie Schomp, Amarillo, Toni Hunter, Gary Bledsoe, Austin, David Swinford, Dumas, Dan Morales, Austin, for respondents.

OPINION

CORNYN, Justice.

In this original proceeding we decide whether Pattilou Dawkins, a member of the Board of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (hereinafter, MHMR) whose term of office will end after the next regular session of the legislature begins, is eligible to be a candidate for the state House of Representatives. Dawkins has been declared ineligible by Fred Meyer, Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, under his...

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