Elizabeth B. Duncan v. David B. Poythress

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1981-09-28

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HATCHETT, Circuit Judge: In this appeal we review a decision of the district court holding that Georgia’s special election statute, Ga.Code § 34-1514, requires the selection of a successor for a resigning member of the Georgia Supreme Court by means of a popular election. The district court committed no abuse of discretion in refusing to abstain from hearing this section 1983 ci…

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