EUGENE v. DAVENPORT

No. 2014-CA-0953.

150 So.3d 56 (2014)

Eliza EUGENE and Lawrence Galle v. Samuel DAVENPORT and Tom Schedler, in his Capacity as Louisiana Secretary of State.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 9, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ike Spears , Spears & Spears, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Scott L. Sternberg , Bernard H. Ticer, II , Baldwin, Haspel, Burke, & Mayer, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee.

(Court composed of Chief Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III, Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS, SR., Judge TERKI F. LOVE, Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, JR., Judge EDWIN A. LOMBARD, Judge ROLAND L. BELSOME, Judge PAUL A. BONIN, Judge DANIEL L. DYSART, Judge JOY COSSICH LOBRANO, Judge ROSEMARY LEDET, Judge SANDRA CABRINA JENKINS).


Plaintiffs, Lawrence Galle and Eliza Eugene, appeal the trial court's September 3, 2014 judgment denying their petition to disqualify Samuel Davenport as a candidate for the office of United States Representative of Louisiana's Second Congressional District. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

On August 22, 2014, Samuel Davenport filed a notarized "Notice of Candidacy" for the office of United States Representative of Louisiana's Second Congressional District. On...

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