# Dean v. Election Contest Board

> Supreme Court of Louisiana · October 6, 1972 · 263 La. 21

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7180876

## Case

- **Full name:** Gerald M. DEAN v. The ELECTION CONTEST BOARD
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Louisiana
- **Decided:** October 6, 1972
- **Citations:** 263 La. 21; 266 So. 2d 914; 1972 La. LEXIS 5325
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Dixon
- **Judges:** Dixon
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

DIXON, J.,
dissents from the refusal to grant writs, being of the opinion that the court of appeal is incorrect. R.S. 18:365 should not prevent nomination by qualification papers when the only nominee of the party was certified; and not “nominated 'at or through a primary.”

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