CHRISHON v. MARSHALL

No. 08-923.

994 So.2d 585 (2008)

James Roy CHRISHON v. Louis J. MARSHALL, Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

July 28, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip G. Hunter, Hunter & Morton, Alexandria, LA, for Defendant/Appellee, Louis J. Marshall, Jr.

Darrell K. Hickman, Alexandria, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant, James Roy Chrishon.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, OSWALD A. DECUIR, and MARC T. AMY, Judges.


AMY, Judge.

Pursuant to La.R.S. 18:1409, this is an expedited appeal of a trial court judgment, dismissing a petition to challenge Louis J. Marshall, Jr.'s (Marshall) candidacy to run for election to the Alexandria City Council, District 1. The plaintiff-appellant, James Roy Chrishon (Chrishon), asserted that La. Const. art. 1, § 10, prevented Marshall from qualifying as a candidate for the office because Marshall had been convicted by a federal district court...

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