IN RE: Peter KELLY (2024)

Supreme Court of Texas.

IN RE: Peter KELLY, Relator

No. 24-0011

Decided: January 10, 2024

Lloyd E. Kelley, Houston, for Real Party in Interest. Chad W. Dunn, for Respondent. Joe M. Roden, Geoffrey Alan Berg, Leah Graham, Houston, Russell Hardin Jr., for Amicus Curiae. Susan Lea Hays, for Relator.

Justice Devine did not participate in the decision.

Today the Court granted relief in In re Morris, No. 24-0007, ––– S.W.3d ––––, 2024 WL 109090 (Tex. 2024), holding that a primary election official has no discretion to remove a candidate from the ballot for failure to comply with Election Code Section 141.0311. For the same reason, the Court denies the requested relief in the present case.

PER CURIAM

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