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MONTGOMERY v. LOWNDES COUNTY DEM. EXEC. COMM.

No. 2007-EC-00863-SCT.

969 So.2d 1 (2007)

Monique Brooks MONTGOMERY v. The LOWNDES COUNTY DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE and Leon Hines, In His Official Capacity as Party Chairman.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 7, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Austin Hinton, attorney for appellant.

William Thomas Cooper, attorney for appellees.

EN BANC.

DIAZ, Presiding Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. In this case we are presented with a question of first impression. A candidate for justice court judge does not live in the particular election subdistrict where she wishes to run for office, although she is a resident of that county. Does her lack of residence within the subdistrict prevent her qualifying as a candidate? Because the Constitution of 1890 sets the only requirements for justice court judges, we hold...

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