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DECULUS v. WELBORN

No. 2007-C-1888.

964 So.2d 930 (2007)

David DECULUS, Clara Deculus, Della Neely & Nancy Salemi v. Doug WELBORN, Clerk of Court for East Baton Rouge Parish & Candidate Cleo Fields.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 1, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brace B. Godfrey, Jr., Lewis O. Unglesby, Baton Rouge, for Applicant.

Frank P. Simoneaux, R. Gray Sexton, Baton Rouge; Freeman Law Firm, Dayne Mario Freeman, Baton Rouge, Donald Carl Hodge, Jr., Jason Luke Melancon, Baton Rouge, Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, William P. Bryan, III, Uma M. Subramanian, Assistant Attorneys General, Sheri Marcus Morris, Baton Rouge, for respondent.

Yolanda Johnson Dixon, Jerry J. Guillot, and Glenn Alan Koepp, for Amicus Curiae, Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana.

KIMBALL, J.

We granted certiorari in this election challenge to consider the parameters of the term limitation in La. Const. art. III, § 4(E) and the relationship, if any, between La. Const. art. III, § 4(E) and La. R.S. 18:601(B). We find that La. R.S. 18:601(B) does not conflict with La. Const. art. III, § 4(E) and that the language of La. Const. art. III, § 4(E) precludes Senator Cleo Fields from seeking re-election to Louisiana Senate District...

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