Robert E. Burroughs and Roger A. Knight v. A. G. Lyles, County Chairman of Grimes County

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court granted a writ of mandamus directing the county Democratic executive committees in the Fifth Senatorial District to omit the names of John Long and Clem Fain Jr. from the official primary ballot. The Court held that the filing deadline under Article 3112 required receipt of the candidacy request by the third Monday in May, that the statutory eligibility restriction in Article 2929a is unconstitutional, and that Long is ineligible under the Constitution’s prohibition on lucrative office holders.