Court Opinion

ID: 9696095
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 18:36:21.376032+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:18.462729
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Black, J.
(concurring). The supplemental report, submitted by Judge Coash under date of July 13th, dictates a finding that the critical group of petitioner-signatures, sought to be scrutinized by additional testimony as ordered, are not genuine signatures of registered electors and that the jurat of the sheets carrying such signatures is false, in part if not wholly-
The transcripts and reports received here show that plaintiff was continuously represented by counsel in the proceedings conducted by Judge Coash, and that such counsel made no effort to submit proof in opposition to that which is shown in the supplemental report; also that such counsel did not ask for time, reasonable or otherwise, within which to submit further proof tending to show validity of such critical group of signatures or, for that matter, validity of other petitions the board found insufficient.
In these circumstances, there being an insufficient number of petitioner-signatures as found by the statutory board, and there being no proof tending to overcome the statutory determination, I would dismiss the petition for want of showing of clear legal *621duty on tlie part of the defendants to certify plaintiff Keyes as a candidate for nomination.
Kelly, J., did not sit.