STOCKSTILL v. ROUSSELLE

Nos. 94-CA-1609 through 94-CA-1611.

641 So.2d 724 (1994)

Lyle STOCKSTILL & Curtis Lemmons v. Benedict G. ROUSSELLE; Sandra M. Hardin, Clerk of Court, 25th Judicial District Court; Fox McKeithen, Secretary of State; and Jerry M. Fowler, Commissioner of Elections. Norman T. TAYLOR, Curtis J. Bourgeois, Tilman J. Creppel, Sr., Samuel C. Pizzolato and James E. Trongo v. Ernest JOHNSON; Sandra M. Hardin, Clerk of Court, 25th Judicial District Court; Fox McKeithen, Secretary of State; Jerry M. Fowler, Commissioner of Elections. Frederick GONDRELLA & Lisa Corkern v. Michael A. MUDGE; Sandra M. Hardin, Clerk of Court, 25th Judicial District Court; Fox McKeithen, Secretary of State; Jerry M. Fowler, Commissioner of Elections.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Writ Denied August 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Galen S. Brown, M. Lizabeth Talbott, Lamothe & Hamilton, New Orleans, for plaintiffs/appellants.

Jon A. Gegenheimer, Markle & Daly, New Orleans, for defendants/appellees Benny G. Rousselle and Michael A. Mudge.

Melvin J. Burmaster, Braithwaite, for defendant/appellee Ernest Johnson.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and CIACCIO and WARD, JJ.


CIACCIO, Judge.

This consolidated appeal arises from three separate suits filed on August 4, 1994 in Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Plaquemines, challenging the candidacy of three incumbent members of the Plaquemines Parish Council who have qualified to run for re-election in the primary election to be held on October 1, 1994. Following a consolidated trial, the trial judge rendered judgment in favor of the defendants. The plaintiffs now appeal...

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