Court Opinion

ID: 7546554
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-29 05:35:29.258498+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:46:07.394410
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ON REHEARING EX MERO MOTU
This Court's original opinion dated June 21, 1985, is withdrawn and the following is substituted in its place.
Plaintiff/appellant Dan Hindman sought to have his name placed on the ballot for Superintendent of Education of Franklin County. The state superintendent refused to certify him as a candidate, because, in the state superintendent's opinion, Hindman did not meet statutory qualifications. Code 1975, § 16-9-2.
Hindman sought declaratory and injunctive relief which would have enabled him to have his name placed on the ballot as a candidate for election to the office of superintendent. The trial judge denied Hindman's motion for a temporary restraining order, and Hindman appealed here.
We have determined that the trial judge did not abuse his discretion in denying Hindman's request for injunctive relief; therefore, the cause is due to be affirmed.
ON REHEARING EX MERO MOTU: OPINION WITHDRAWN; OPINION SUBSTITUTED; AFFIRMED.
TORBERT, C.J., and JONES, SHORES and BEATTY, JJ., concur.